Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.
I have very, very strong obsessive-compulsive issues. I'm very particular.
I have a little obsessive-compulsive personality. You can tell because I played online games for eight hours a day.
Am I an anxious guy? I think I have been called upon as an actor a lot to access emotions like that. But I don't really think I am a big worrier. I don't see myself like that. But I guess other people do. Which is maybe worrying in itself.
Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.
I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.
What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.
I'm sure I'm one of those undiagnosed people with social anxiety.
The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.
I am uncomfortable with heights, I'm scared of the dark and I am scared of big crowds.
When I was 11, I developed a new symptom - the worst one yet: I had to touch people before I talked to them. When I say 'had to,' that's exactly what I mean: if I didn't touch them first, I literally couldn't form the words.
I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.
I am very shy. It's the most stressful thing to be in the public eye.
I don't like to go out a lot. It's trouble.
Humans are mentally sick with a disease called fear.
There's nothing wrong with me...except acute chronic fear.
I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.
They are asleep. This is the condition they prefer. They are afraid of the world and sleep is a way of dealing with their fear. Someday they will wake. Perhaps something frightful will happen. Indeed, there is no better invitation to the frightful than ignorance - that is, sleep. (29)
I'm scared of audiences.
I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.
I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people.
Sometimes I have a little social anxiety, and meeting people can be a challenge for me.
Anyone who's suffered from panic attacks knows how frightening they are.
I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be dealing with. That's also where the anxiety comes from.
