Rush Limbaugh Quotes

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 went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.

I sweat on stage a lot.

For, like, 98 percent of my life, I'm not nervous. But as soon as I'm nervous, I start shaking or something, and I lose my cool.

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

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

I'd never experienced stress before I did stand-up, and it was a massive shock to my system, this thing of waking up, and the nerves of, 'You're on stage tonight.'

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

I would just sweat so much. I'd be dry when I run on the stage. By the time I got in front of the microphone, it just, just like a river pouring out. I don't know what made that happen. It took five years for that to stop happening to me.

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

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.

I would be terrified if Bill Maher was like, 'Hey, do you want to come on the show?' I would be like, 'Oh, God.' It would completely terrify me, even though I'm such a junkie for the show.

I was really nervous, intimidated by the whole thing-all the people and all the buzzing, and all the sitting around waiting. I felt really small in this huge place.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

Yeah, I kinda still get nervous sometimes now.

I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.

The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

I just can't stand the sound of my voice sometimes, or how my face looks. There are always a few times at every premiere when I just have to cover my eyes when I'm up there.

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.