Charles M. Blow Quotes

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, but every time I show up on set it still feels like the first time.

It was the first time I traveled alone, but I was not scared.

I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.

Every time I start a film I feel like I'm starting the first time, ever.

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

My first time to Rome was when I was backpacking with my best friend around Europe for a month at 18 years old, so I remember that excitement of being away from home properly for the first time.

It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.

I don't really get nervous about the people I'll audition for, especially if it's people I admire and want to work with: it actually makes me more excited.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

I've been nervous a number of times. Your first start. Playing in the Super Bowl. Your first Super Bowl. Very nerve-racking. The one thing that you can always fall back on is that you know what you are doing. You know how to play the game.

Sometimes you're not always on or at your best, especially during auditions. So if you go in and you don't nail it, even if they're like, 'We don't need to see you again,' get a friend, get a video camera, and film you doing the stuff again.

The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused.

I've always been a bad flyer, but I don't let it get in the way of travelling. I love stepping off the plane and feeling the heat and the foreign smell of being somewhere different.

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?

The first time I performed musically, I threw up.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.

Everybody has to learn for the first time.

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

Potomac School proved to be my first big adjustment - one that helped me with a basic lesson of growing up: learning to get along in whatever world one is deposited.

Being in front of the camera was like coming home. The first time I saw myself on the big screen, it was in a trailer for 'The New Guy', and I just started screaming.

I get extremely nervous before performances. I pray and try to look at it as, 'I'll go out there and have fun,' but it's very nerve-wracking for me. I don't think that will ever change.

I remember the first time I had sex - I kept the receipt.

The more I act, the harder it gets, since I feel like I still have so much to learn. Whenever I embark on a new project, it always feels like the first time. If it were easy to me and I felt like I knew everything, my acting might have been different. I think the feeling of 'newness' keeps me on my toes and concentrated.

For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.