Rivers Cuomo Quotes

I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.

I don't like standing and talking in front of lots of people.

Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

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

It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim.

Live TV would terrify anybody.

I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.

Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.

I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.

There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday.

I was jumping out of my skin. It was horrible. I was all over the place, because I'd never been in front of a live audience. That's a whole other element in the play, the audience.

Oh, I try to stay as far away from karaoke as humanly possible!

I'm a horrible public speaker.

I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage.

Nick can get up on stage and just wing it, whereas I would have to be taken to a mental institution.

I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and felt quite ill, in fact, by the time I had to give my little talk to students in another class across the hall.

I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting.

I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.

It's one thing to practise in front of a mirror at home, but another to do it in front of 800 people or on live TV.

The whole thing with playing on a stage with mics and all that has always been kind of uncomfortable to me.

I think with performing, initially I was terrified on stage, absolutely terrified. And I did it again and again and again, and I learned sort of how it works, and then I was able to do it.

When I started on 'Strictly,' I was terrified. Live television seemed like the most daunting thing in the world.

The idea of appearing in front of an audience or on live TV terrifies me.

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.