Audience Quote by Jason Mraz

There was a while when I got really bad stage fright and I basically felt...I was incredibly angry. I felt like everything had been…

— Jenny Slate

I felt inferior. I had this tremendous need to perform. I wanted to be acceptable to my peers. I thought if I could just…

— Charlotte Rae

I talk to people now, and they thought I was so confident. I was doing all this awesome stuff onstage, and they didn't realize…

— Melina Perez

So many nights I'm up there on stage and I wish everybody out in the audience could see what I see and feel what…

— Kenny Chesney

I was very frustrated, in a physical sense, by people seeing me in a way that I wasn't. And I was beginning to find…

— Rufus Sewell

The first time I was onstage, I felt like the audience was breathing with me. I don't know if I was good or not;…

— Ato Essandoh

I put a tremendous amount of pressure on myself. I felt like I shouldn't have to audition for anything and all that. And that…

— Hank Azaria

Sometimes I feel really bad for the audience. I don't know how to make them happy. And you just feel drained cause you're trying…

— Charlyne Yi

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

— Shania Twain

I've felt emotions onstage that I never felt before; it has strengthened me as a person and as an artist.

— Ricky Martin

The first time that I stepped onto a stage, it was life-changing. For once, I felt comfortable and in a place where I belonged.…

— Shanice Williams

I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience.

— Steven Spielberg