Hugh Grant Quotes

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

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

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

I am comfortable performing now. I love 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.

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

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.

I become a better actor after I step on a stage in front of, like, 500 people when it's just me, a microphone and my guitar. You don't get as nervous walking into a room in front of 3 or 4 people and to do a scene or to walk on a set. You gain confidence.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

I wasn't really the most charming person, socially - it took me a long time to develop my people skills - but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing.

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

I am the kind of person that wants to get up in front of crowds of strangers and perform monologues. To each their own.

I've got to be comfortable when I'm on stage.

I never got nervous performing my own material.

Ever since I was a little kid, I loved being the centre of attention. I think it's part of the reason why I loved skating. You're literally in a fishbowl. You're in the middle of the ice by yourself, and the world is watching.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

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 adopted this feeling that the stage is my home, so just keep my coat on and not wear anything else.

The more comfortable I got onstage, the more comfortable I got expressing myself in a physical manner. And it almost shocked people - 'Oh, is there something happening?'

When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.

I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed, 'Here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it.'

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.