Guy Ritchie Quotes

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

I was just so nervous every time I was onstage. It took me many, many years to get to the point where I realized, 'All right, if I'm going to keep doing this, I've gotta remember that it's supposed to be fun. I've gotta stop putting so much pressure on myself, because otherwise, it's not worth it.' And I still am too critical of myself.

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

My main weakness is nerves.

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I'm not a natural born performer.

I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and fear is one of the big threats to any good performance, because it closes you down and makes it harder for you to produce life in front of the camera.

I am not worried about playing in front of a big crowd.

People might not believe me if I say I get nervous, but I tend to practice constantly to show a balanced performance.

Singing Flower of Scotland was the only thing that made me nervous.I don't get nervous doing my own shows.

I used to be really nervous to perform in front of people. I would cry.

I've come to a point where I am less nervous when I am supposed to start a film. I am still super nervous on the day but I've lost a lot of my fear about what kind of perception people have about my film.

Almost every actor goes into almost every picture very frightened. He is positive he really can't do it. The bigger the star, the more frightened he is.

If I'm playing music in front of people, I'll lose days to nerves like really wasted days of just like being terrified. And then when I get out there, generally speaking, I enjoy it very much. But it seems to be I have to accept the fact that that's just part of the deal for me. And I can't just run on and do it.

I'm scared of the interviews...I'm scared of having to get up onstage again. I'm scared of the critique. I'm scared right now of doing this again. But that's why I have to do it, I think.

Every audition, I still get nervous. I still get sweaty palms. I don't think that ever goes away. You just get accustomed to it.

If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.

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.

There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.

I always get scared. I can't read scripts. I'm scared, scary movies and stuff.

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.