John Stossel Quotes

It's nothing to be ashamed of to have a stutter.

I was not happy with myself as a human being when I was very young - I was afraid of people; I was afraid of talking, I didn't know how to express myself other than by being on stage.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I discovered that the world frightens you with your shortcomings, but if you do not worry about it, you are liberated.

Sometimes those fears creep into the back of your head, but then you slap yourself and think, 'Oh, woe is me! People actually like me.' What a silly thing to worry about. This is a huge opportunity, and I'm excited.

When you're shy, the worst thing you can do is go into all these casting rooms and be scrutinized. But with shyness, I think you just have to bite the bullet.

Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.

Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure.

Don't be your own worst critic. If you're not confident in what you're saying, no one else will be either.

I have a fear of public speaking. It's very hard work. Words are not my skill, and because they're not my skill, I have to work doubly hard.

I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure.

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

I don't think I ever felt an outsider when I had a stutter.

The biggest thing I've learned is just to not doubt myself as much as I do. Having self-doubt is definitely necessary, but it's about not letting it get in the way. When it turns into fear, you run into problems.

Sometimes, my self-doubt became self-limiting.

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 had social anxiety to the max. I was scared of my own shadow! But as I grew, I got more comfortable with myself.

I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.

I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.