Alexa Chung Quotes

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

The confidence and charisma it takes to stand up in front of a group of children absolutely terrifies me.

It's good to have butterflies. And they always go away. The camera starts rolling and they go away and it's all good.

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

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

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.

In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.

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'm a horrible public speaker.

I'm not a natural born performer.

I go around the country, and I speak to colleges, conferences and thousands of people at a time, and I'm like, 'Great. Fine. Whatever.' Coming to speak to about 60 kids, I am scared to death.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

It's all about being comfortable, forgetting there's a microphone in front of you.

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

I never felt comfortable hosting TV.

Getting up in front and talking to the people who build my cars is the worst. I get so damn nervous.

Whenever people have trouble public speaking, it's because they are just thinking about themselves.

The great risk is always saying, "how will I communicate what I'm trying to get across to a room full of strangers sitting in the dark watching a stage?"

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness.

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

I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.