Meryl Streep Quotes

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

I can play in front of 30,000 people at Fenway and not be nervous at all. But I get really nervous in front of kids.

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

I get nervous every single time. It doesn't matter if there're five people or five thousand. What I have noticed is that the more people there are, the less nervous I am. It's way harder to impress five people.

I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

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

I used to teach kids when I was younger. When I was about 14 or 15 I started teaching children drama and something that I used to say to them was, 'Don't be afraid.' People would be afraid of forgetting their lines or something.

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

I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny.

There's just something about being on stage and being with the people that, once that camera turns on, you find the strength to keep it cool, look good, act like you're not cold, act like you ain't nervous, act like you aren't scared. I think that comes with confidence and practice.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

I don't get the jitters and I don't get nervous, because I build that comfort on set for myself. Sometimes if I'm gonna do something really crazy, it helps me to yell or look like an idiot on set, so that when I'm about to do a scene, I've already embarrassed myself. I find ways to work around getting the jitters.

I've never not appeared in front of a live audience for any longer period than a month or two.

Actors shouldn't be scared. Don't get scared on film.

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

I've never felt nervous in front of big crowds and in big stadiums.

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely.

I like the performing part, it gives me a huge rush but it still makes me nervous. Being in front of large crowds is intimidating to me and I feel myself withdrawing.

Going out to play a game in front of 100,000 spectators doesn't worry me. Nothing to it.

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.