Jacqueline McKenzie Quotes

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

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.

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

I definitely get stage fright.

I don't know about other comedians, but I know that I never have felt anything like stage fright. I've felt nervous before big shows, but I think that's different than stage fright.

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

I'm scared of audiences.

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

Stage fright is my worst problem.

I have big, big stage fright.

I'm never not nervous before going onstage. Like... what if I fall on my face?

I have stage fright really badly.

For me, for every single job, I don't care if it is a reading, I don't care if it is a guest spot on a TV show, or a film. I always get the heebie jeebies.

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

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

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.

Live TV would terrify anybody.

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'm like that person who hates going to magic shows - and I love magic, I love wizards - but going to a show where there is any possibility of audience participation is a nightmare for me.

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 still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.

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.

Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.