Joel McHale Quotes

I'm not comfortable as a lead singer. Maybe I could do it in the studio, but I wouldn't have the confidence to play shows.

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

I'd never experienced stress before I did stand-up, and it was a massive shock to my system, this thing of waking up, and the nerves of, 'You're on stage tonight.'

I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows.

The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.

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

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

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

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

Live TV would terrify anybody.

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.'

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful.

I get terrified the first day I'm on a film set. I get nervous walking down a red carpet. I find making speeches the most terrifying thing in the world.

I just have this fear that I'll get on stage and there'll be that brief moment of adrenalin and I'll forget my line.

I definitely get stage fright.

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I can't understand it myself - how nervous I was when I took the floor for 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I walk out with 50,000 people gathered in the Millennium Stadium to fight Mikkel Kessler in the unification fight for the super middleweight division in 2007, and I feel great... and here I am, wearing tight pants and Cuban heels, and freaking out.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

I hate every moment of live performance.

It's a horrible feeling to go in front of an audience when you don't feel right.

I never stop getting nervous. I'm nervous before every single show.