Nick Harkaway Quotes

If I'd been in a school play, I'd probably have sneezed and messed everything up.

My junior year, I was in a play at school and five days before opening night, I still didn't know my lines. Opening night was a disaster. I was so embarrassed. The director made me work backstage for the rest of the performance.

I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.

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.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

I was so terrified before an audience that I would break out in these ugly red hives, and my lips would quiver at the sight of a word or a song.

I am not worried about playing in front of a big crowd.

I don't have stage or camera fright but there is a little anxiety while performing in-front of a lot of people.

It's a horrible feeling to go in front of an audience when you don't feel right.

Messing up lines is always embarrassing for me.

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop. And you know that half an hour from now, you're still gonna be bombing. It takes a thick skin.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

I'm not good at interacting with people and am terrified to get onstage, so I just go up there, freak out and, most of the time, pack up and go home immediately after.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.