Shah Rukh Khan Quotes

Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orator really did lose his virginity.

I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and felt quite ill, in fact, by the time I had to give my little talk to students in another class across the hall.

I was very nervous about giving speeches for a long time.

Sorry, public speaking isn't really my strong side.

You kind of half-prepare a speech in your head, and then you get up there and then you end up saying nothing that was in your head before you went up there. It's a very weird thing. I never do award speeches too well.

I was in a play in elementary school and had to jump up and run away. I was nervous and tripped and fell down and everyone laughed. Their laughter made me relax, so I pretended it was part of the show.

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

The most terrifying thing in the world was having to give a speech at my girlfriend's wedding. I was physically shaking and sweating the entire time.

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.

For the Oscars, I had a speech in my hand, and I just knew if I opened the piece of paper, I was going to be unable to read it. So I just thought, 'I'm going to say, as coherently as I can, whatever I can.'

I find doing speeches nerve wrecking.

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

When I won the Tony, I blacked out. I don't remember anything. I had bullet points jotted down, but I forgot to read half of them. My hands were shaking. It was an insane honor to be recognized in that way.

I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage.

I have to make a speech tomorrow and prefer to lose my foot.

Everyone is like, 'What were you thinking on the podium?' I'm like, I'm just like probably thinking, like, 'We're hungry,' to be honest.

I used to fear public speaking. My voice would shake, I used to forget to breathe. Now it's pretty easy for me.

Public speaking, for me, or speaking even in front of a handful of people is my greatest fear.

My early years as a 'speaker' involved note cards that shook like a leaf while I held them because I was so nervous.

I'll never forget my first moment of looking out on a convention audience with my mouth open like they were kidding me.

Speakers' nerves affect them in various ways. Some tremble, some become frenzied. I lose all confidence, and suffer from a leaden oppression that makes me wonder why I ever agreed to speak at all; the Tomb and the Conqueror Worm seem preferable to delivering the stupid and piffling speech I have so carefully prepared.

Lamon, that speech won't scour. It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed.

The first time I did a reading/signing thing at Cody's, the woman who did the introduction said something like that, and I wasn't the only one cringing. I remember looking out into the audience and seeing people's faces and people whispering to each other, and thinking like "Ugh, can we just cancel the whole thing? I can't go out there after she said that."

Messing up lines is always embarrassing for me.

I did my first speech when I was 17, well, my first formal speech. So I've had time to deal with it, and to adjust to it, but I can't say I'm like gung-ho on public speaking or interviews for that matter.