Phyllis Diller Quotes

Ventriloquism kind of helped me find my voice. It's really helped me come out of my shell.

I found myself doing so much public speaking, more and more and bigger and bigger.

I do a lot of schmoozing.

I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction.

I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

People may have found it difficult to approach me, and I realised it and have worked on it. I used to be socially shy. Now I have become a social animal. I go out, meet and interact with people.

I don't know how to work a room. It's a real skill.

People still make me nervous, but gradually over the years I've developed kind of like a public personality, so I can talk. I have my spiel, I have my stories.

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

It's really about making opportunities for yourself and connecting with people on a more-than-normal level. That opens doors. You never know if the caterer's brother is someone. You don't know who someone is having dinner with that night. So being a nice person and touching people creates opportunity.

I just like to talk to people. I don't know how to bridge the gap between getting to know someone and then schmoozing and sort of working contacts and business connections.

I've done so many interviews that I've gotten past the ego and the personality.

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.

I was first spotted for a modeling career and there's no talking involved in that - the thought of doing any sort of public speaking at that time would have terrified me. So that was something I sort of had to learn.

Be it in school, society, or college, I just wanted to be on stage and used to love performing.

I was never much of a networker.

In today's world you have to interact. You can't be some difficult, shy person who is not able to look somebody in the face; you have to present yourself. You have to know how to talk about your vision, your focus and what you believe in.

When asked to give a speech never turn it down. It is a chance to develop you and to give new insight to others

The best thing to do is to get out in front of an audience as much as you can, and learn from the experience.

For me, announcing wasn't the ideal working condition.

I feel like I'm more comfortable talking to people. I've been put in the position where I have to, and it's not something I can avoid anymore.

I have had people telling me that they liked my screen presence and my voice, so I guess that's my strength.

As a presenter, you have to speak with artificial energy and enthusiasm.

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?'

For some reason, talking is easy for me. Practice does make perfect; I've been doing it for a while. Being out there in a high-pressure situation with a live audience and a live TV camera on you, it brings something out. It's very organic.