James Nesbitt Quotes

I'm scared of audiences.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

I'm afraid to do theater now.

I was terrified about putting out 'Weekend.'

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

I find it scary to sing - scarier than acting actually.

I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

I was once so terrified of acting that I used to pretend I was ill to get out of drama.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

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

I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit.

Actors are frightened little children.

That's a curious paradox that I don't think a lot of people out there know; that you get really scared before you go on. You come out in a nervous rash, and it's not like you actually love getting up there and showing off.

Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

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

I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me.

I have big, big stage fright.

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 definitely get stage fright.

Death's not one of those things that frighten the life out of me. Getting up on stage with the curtain going up frightens me more.