Gabrielle Aplin Quotes

I'm used to people being a mile away. That suits me. It's more nerve-wracking playing in front of people who are two feet away from me.

I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered.

I'd love the chance to learn ballroom dances, but it's scary to be in the spotlight.

The idea of appearing in front of an audience or on live TV terrifies me.

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me.

And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, 'cause I'd do that in school, but I wouldn't do it out there in front of all them people.

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me.

I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.

I get embarrassed by people. It's really awkward for me to have a chat with people who have been to see a gig.

I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.

I was always so scared to sing in front of people. That was kind of my weird thing.

I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people.

We blush very, very easily, and we get terrified of audiences.

I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.

Fear of comedy is all so much about who you do it with.

I don't think about people watching me on TV. I think it would stress me out.

If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.

I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.

The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'

I can't talk on the radio at all. When the red light comes on, my hands go up in the air: I think they're trying to get to my face, to shut me up. I don't talk on stage for the same reason.

I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation.

I find just being on set embarrassing. Mortifying. And that's with all my clothes on.

Being on a TV show is incredibly daunting.

My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, but if my parents had a family friend over, I would just go hide in the bedroom.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.