David Frost Quotes

I'm not those kind of persons that's afraid to be on radio or TV, you know? I'm always the same.

I think that I need to work on being comfortable at being normal, everyday-ish on camera.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

It's not easy to do morning TV. A lot of people think you just show up and be yourself, but one of the hardest things to do is be yourself when the camera comes on.

I know people always say to get out of your comfort zone and take risks, but when you are on a live national television show, and you are competing to stay on it, then I don't think you should be uncomfortable up there. I think you should sell it and be your own best self.

I think there's kind of a comfortability with me onstage - and I think my cool factor is not having one. I'm not extra cool or extra different.

When you're not hiding anything, it's just very easy to be yourself - shockingly.

When you're relaxed, the crowd can see it. They can feel it. They can tell when you're being real, or they can tell when you're forcing it.

To give a good interview, I often found it's a bit like acting, except it's yourself, so you have to be yourself.

When I go on stage I am just, I don't make any attempts to do anything more than just what makes me comfortable.

If you can't relax during your interview, then nothing you do to prepare will matter. Being yourself is essential to the selection process, and interviewers will feel it if you're too nervous. Showing fear or anxiety appears weak compared to a relaxed smile and genuine confidence.

When I'm doing a photo shoot, I'm not playing a part. I'm just trying to be myself.

I didn't have any media training - I didn't have anybody but myself.

I am trying to capture the women I photograph at their happiest. That is when they look their most beautiful. But I do understand that you have to make somebody feel completely comfortable in order to bring that out.

I never try to be too sexy. People know when you're not comfortable and trying to be sexy.

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

I want to be comfortable on TV. If I'm comfortable, they're comfortable watching me. I think nothing's more icky than watching icky on TV.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves.

Take a microphone out of my hands, and I'm just plain folks.

I still can't believe that I went on 'The Colbert Report' myself; for the appearance I wore a lot of makeup, my hair was curled like a poodle's, and I could barely breathe in my Spanx undergarments. But, hey - an authoress has to lean in, right?

My dad used to say, 'Just be yourself and you'll be fine,' but it's really, really true.

I'm not the sexiest thing in the world, I feel actors who have to 'play' sexy lose all their sex appeal. When they start with the tongue and the heavy lids, it looks so ridiculous. I think you just have to be yourself.

When I was younger, the red carpet used to terrify me because it's not about playing a part: you're not in a film pretending to be someone - you are yourself. It's intimidating.

Be yourself. Don't try too hard - it shows.