Dave Matthews Quotes

What holds you back in comedy is fear.

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

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

I have no nerves at all about singing or playing stuff... and if I can have a cup of tea nearby, then I'm very much at home.

I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.

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

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.

I'm not a natural born performer.

In the beginning, I was frightened to death of going solo. Especially when doing live shows, I was so used to my brothers being next to me. It felt like the crowd was just looking at me, waiting for me to either mess up or prove myself.

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.

It's definitely more nerve-wracking being in front of the cameras, although I'm trying to get better at it.

I can play in front of 30,000 people at Fenway and not be nervous at all. But I get really nervous in front of kids.

I used to be really afraid and anxious of taking on too much, and the older I'm getting, the more fearless I'm becoming. Life is so much more relaxed when you're like that.

I debuted in Bollywood without inhibitions, and I don't want to develop any fears now. Nothing is more detrimental to an actor than the lack of total surrender.

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

When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.

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.

You can be afraid in a press conference, nervous, sweaty, but you can't be afraid when you do your work because it doesn't work that way.

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.

Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate.

My first-night jitters are so bad, I can't even hold a tea cup, but once I am over that, I get really into it.

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone.