James Altucher Quotes

I consider myself a pretty good extemporaneous speaker. Even though I don't like speaking in front of people, I don't think I'm bad at it.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

Before I go on stage I pretend that everyone loves me.

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

I was really awful at auditions. There's something about sitting down and saying into the camera: 'I'm Nina and this is the name of my agent.' That makes me just die inside.

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.

I certainly never expected to be in front of a camera one day of my life.

I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.

I don't completely understand why people in Aspen want to hear what I have to say.

I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

I'm not the person in person that I am on stage.

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

I don't like standing and talking in front of lots of people.

Nobody has a magic lamp which can tell you in advance whether what you say will be effective in persuading an audience.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.