Shawn Spears Quotes

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

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

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 not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

Your nerves can get the better of you, especially when it's your first film.

The night before a show, I don't sleep. Really. I've been doing this for 30 years, and the night before a show, I still don't sleep.

I'm used to being nervous for shows in general.

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

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 so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

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

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

Auditioning is the worst.

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

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.

That's a curious paradox that I don't think a lot of people out there know; that you get really scared before you go on. You come out in a nervous rash, and it's not like you actually love getting up there and showing off.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.