Mitch Hedberg Quotes

I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.

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 love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered.

I suffer from stage fright, so I blabber on stage and stop midway through my performances. I cannot even write a cheque, as it makes me nervous. Being around people makes me nervous. But I'm very comfortable in front of the camera, and this I realised many films later.

I don't like going on stage. Stages mean 'nervous' for me.

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

I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows.

I'm scared of audiences.

I would get ill before going onstage - something about getting in front of people, and if they don't laugh, I'm a bomb. I got over it when somebody laughed.

I like getting up in front of an audience. It's fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can't deny it. And it's very funny, too. Sometimes you're shy; you go somewhere and everyone's looking at you, so you feel a little self-conscious.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

I'm a very shy person and I never tried to do theater.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me.

I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.

I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.

It's kind of weird - I get shy when I'm around new people, still, even when I'm onstage. I come from not really wanting to be in lights or known or in front of people.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

I was always so scared to sing in front of people. That was kind of my weird thing.

I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.

Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.

I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious.

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.