Jonathan Ames Quotes

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

Public speaking is something I fear more than death itself.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

I'm scared of audiences.

Oh my God, I never really tweet, but there's a moment every day I write one and then delete it.

Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations.

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

You know, I don't read the blogs, or go on the internet, and I really just don't know what people are saying because... well I guess I'm afraid to.

I have big, big stage fright.

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 definitely get stage fright.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

Death's not one of those things that frighten the life out of me. Getting up on stage with the curtain going up frightens me more.

Public speaking is the number-one fear... even over death!

Any situation where I feel like people are looking at me and I've got to speak is the kind of thing I have nightmares about.

I don't know about other comedians, but I know that I never have felt anything like stage fright. I've felt nervous before big shows, but I think that's different than stage fright.

For most people, tweeting is scary.

The fear of public speaking is a primal fear. You can train your body to not be crazy when you're doing it, but it truly is a primal fear.

Falling in front of an audience - that's, like, my biggest fear.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.