Bess Myerson Quotes

The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me.

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.

I get unreasonably nervous before talk shows.

Yeah, I kinda still get nervous sometimes now.

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

I was just terrified in front of the camera. I couldn't even say my own name. I walked out of a handful of auditions. I mean, ran out in cold sweats. I was just so nervous and insecure.

Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate.

If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.

I'm scared of audiences.

Sometimes I find myself in this super-raw place onstage where I'm like, 'Maybe that's not the best thing. Maybe I need to shut down a little.'

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

Acting scares me.

I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.

That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America.

I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified.

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

I can't stand up in front of people. It just fills me with horror.

The bigger the crowds get, the more nervous I get. I actually am very comfortable with a half-filled room of people who are slightly disinterested and are irritated at a Barnes & Noble.

I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.

I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought it would. It would come if I had nothing more to say as an actor. I have a long way to go!

I'm a horrible public speaker.

I'm not a natural born performer.

Nick can get up on stage and just wing it, whereas I would have to be taken to a mental institution.

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

I'm shy at public speaking, which is tough.