Quotes about Fright

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready. Votes: 4

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright. Votes: 4

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. Votes: 4

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much. Votes: 4

I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'. Votes: 4

If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear? Votes: 4

I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood. Votes: 4

It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master. Votes: 4

Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion. Votes: 4

Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and would have stopped all farther negotiations by going home in disgust, had not a traveller arrested him and brought him back; but Kit did not move. Votes: 4

I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit. Votes: 4

I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform. Votes: 4

I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you know, all my stuff kind of, like, really got even more full blown and, you know, I got stage fright and, you know, I couldn't do stand-up anymore and let alone sing and all the other things. Votes: 4

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony. Votes: 4

No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead. Votes: 3

Fright never injures anyone. What injures the spirit is having someone always on your back, beating you, telling you what to do and what not to do Votes: 3

For 'Fright Night,' we really want to convey the fun attitude of the movie and show the intensity of Colin Farrell as a predator. He's not a brooding vampire - he's dark and dangerous. Votes: 3

I have big, big stage fright. Votes: 2

I have never known stage-fright at any time. Votes: 2

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people. Votes: 2

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright Votes: 2

It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright. Votes: 2

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright. Votes: 2

That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history. Votes: 2

Every audience has its character; I like America - they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so much. Votes: 2

Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I care. I care a lot. I think of Cosmopolitan all day, and I run scared. So it's a combination of fright, caring and anxiety. Votes: 2

The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright. Votes: 2

In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better. Votes: 2

Anyway, I collapsed in France in the middle of a tour. I hadn't been eating properly, I was getting very phobic about audiences, and I collapsed in pure fright. Votes: 2

I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody. Votes: 2

Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations. Votes: 2

Murder in the murderer is no such ruinous thought as poets and romancers will have it; it does not unsettle him, or fright him from his ordinary notice of trifles; it is an act quite easy to be contemplated. Votes: 2

But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am. Votes: 2

As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's agony every single time but I stay focused and I know that once I'm on stage it'll be fine; I'll be in my happy little bubble. Votes: 2

I definitely suffered from stage fright. I had to work really hard to come out of my shell. When I was little, I was very loud and loved performing in front of people. I was fearless. When I hit puberty, I became very shy and self-conscious. Votes: 2

I'm just living each day, and I'm better equipped to do so. I mean, I used to be totally afraid, I used to have, like, permanent stage fright. But now I'm trying to have fun. I'm trying to bring as much happiness to as many people as possible. Votes: 2

I love monsters, I love creatures, I love beings, I love aliens. That's more supernatural and more the stuff of fairy tales. Fairy tales are as ancient as we are. I love those stories. I think they're really interesting because they always have more than simply the fright aspect. There's something deeply psychological. Votes: 2

I definitely get stage fright. Votes: 0

And my wrist froze STAGE FRIGHT Votes: 0

Stage fright is my worst problem. Votes: 0

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright. Votes: 0

People die of fright and live of confidence. Votes: 0

I suffer a lot with nerves and stage fright. Votes: 0

What is fright by night is curiosity by day. Votes: 0

At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past . Votes: 0

I have been nervous before, but I have never had stage fright. Votes: 0

The world can be such a fright, but it belongs to us tonight. Votes: 0

I started out doing my mother's nightclub act, and I had stage fright. Votes: 0

Underachievers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose except your fright. Votes: 0

The only good government... Is a bad one in a hell of a fright. Votes: 0

In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is. Votes: 0

The first lecture of each new year renews for most people a light stage fright. Votes: 0

And the visible world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright. Votes: 0

The baby bat Screamed out in fright, 'Turn on the dark, I'm afraid of the light. Votes: 0

I am the shadow on the moon at night/Filling your dreams to the brim with fright. Votes: 0

...when you take fright and add to it ignorance, you get hatred. That's a very unattractive equation. Votes: 0

Art's the biggest vanity: the assumption that one's view of peace or fright or beauty is permanently communicable. Votes: 0

The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright Votes: 0

I turn away with fright and horror from the lamentable evil of functions which do not have derivatives. Votes: 0

It is not tricks of sense But the time's fright within me which distracts Least fancies into violence Votes: 0

I don't get stage fright. I do get nervous before I play in front of big audiences [though]. Votes: 0

I'm so scared of doing theater. I've got stage fright, although they keep asking me to come back. Votes: 0

The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill. Votes: 0

To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence. Votes: 0

You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out. Votes: 0

It is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright. Votes: 0

I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak. Votes: 0

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life. Votes: 0

Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan. Votes: 0

If the hideous monster Frankenstein came face to face with the monster of marijuana he would drop dead of fright. Votes: 0

Though in many of its aspects this visible world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright. Votes: 0

People ask me if I have stage fright. I say, "God, no, I'm completely comfortable there. I have rest-of-the-day fright." Votes: 0

Her scream of utter horror and fright was a sound that no one in the chamber would ever forget.~Crispin.~ Votes: 0

Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan. Votes: 0

Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it's the fright that makes them splendid at all. Votes: 0

My stage fright gets worse at every performance. During the overture I hope for a theater fire, typhoon, revolution in the Pentagon. Votes: 0

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright. Votes: 0

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasnt able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright. Votes: 0

Many people associate stage fright with a fear of looking ridiculous, making a bad impression. For me, it's like a kind of fever. Votes: 0

It's never fun to be scared [about stage fright] but I think that it is important and it's healthy to always push yourself. Votes: 0

Stage fright is very common and could be overcomed through step by step processes, but stuttering is a fright that takes time to conquer. Votes: 0

when night came on, the Macedonians and the barbarian crowd suddenly took fright in one of those mysterious panics to which great armies are liable Votes: 0

Sailing heart-ships through broken harbors out on the waves of the night, still the searcher must ride the dark horse racing alone in his fright. Votes: 0

Of course it does on opening night, but I've never had that devastating stage fright that some people get, but apparently, you can develop it. Votes: 0

Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well... Votes: 0

It's interesting - years ago, I had such bad stage fright during musical theater auditions that I just gave up. And now I'm on Broadway. Votes: 0

I feel my sinews slackened with the fright, and a cold sweat trills down all over my limbs, as if I were dissolving into water. Votes: 0

The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado. Votes: 0

The Bat that flits at close of Eve Has left the Brain that won't believe. The Owl that calls upon the Night Speaks the Unbeliever's fright. Votes: 0

Wealthy the spirit that knows its own flight. Stealthy the hunter who slays his own fright. Blessed the traveler who journeys the length of the light Votes: 0

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright It's our town, everybody scream In this town of Halloween. Votes: 0

Yes, I was scared, it was like stage fright, but I worked through it. If you've gotten to the door, you shouldn't doubt you can open it. Votes: 0

I have never had one moment of stage fright and performing has always been a huge thrill and source of enjoyment for me. It's part of my personality. Votes: 0

I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound. Votes: 0

The most disturbing and wasteful emotions in modern life, next to fright, are those which are associated with the idea of blame, directed against the self or against others. Votes: 0

He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next Votes: 0

I am basically the sort of person who has stage-fright teaching. I kind of creep into a classroom. I'm not an anecdote-teller, either, although I often wish I were. Votes: 0

Hobgoblins know the proper way to dance: Arms akimbo, loopy legs askew, Leaping into darkness with delight, Lusting for the ecstasy of fright, Open to the charm of horrors new. Votes: 0

Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with 'Idol,' it has got me past so much of that. Votes: 0

Don't leave me alone!A cry in the night,OF anguish heart-stiking,Of soul-killing fright.Live for my livingOr else I must dieDon't leave me alone.A world heard that cry." Votes: 0

I like to take a puff or two before going on the air. I still get stage fright when I have to perform. A little grass gets rid of the problem. Votes: 0

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me. Votes: 0

And as to being in a fright, Allow me to remark That Ghosts have just as good a right In every way, to fear the light, As Men to fear the dark. Votes: 0

Old age is the lubricant of belief. When death knocks at the door, skepticism flies out the window. A serious cardiovascular fright and a person will even believe in Little Red Riding Hood. Votes: 0

I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I begin a novel because I know I have space to fail. Votes: 0

If you don't have a certain amount of stage fright, then it's not going to be that interesting. It's not going to have the inner vibration. I think screen work needs inner vibration. Votes: 0

The idea of doing theatre always terrified me because I get terrible stage fright. In the early 1970s I was offered a panto but the thought of going on stage was just too mortifying. Votes: 0

Throughout my career, nervousness and stage-fright have never left me before playing. And each of the thousands of concerts I have played at, I feel as bad as I did the very first time. Votes: 0

The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives. Votes: 0

When people can see a vision and simultaneously recognize what can be done step by step in a concrete way to achieve it, they will begin to feel encouragement and enthusiasm instead of fright. Votes: 0

I am not - thank heavens - one of those 'driven' writers who spend a fortnight buckled with empty fright over an untouched page only to wake at two in the morning feverish with paragraphs. Votes: 0

When I was 6 I became the poster child for my hospital and would go to banquets and make speeches. I did not get stage fright and I actually enjoyed talking to people of all ages. Votes: 0

Stage fright, like epilepsy, is a divine ailment, a sacred madness... It is a grace that is sufficient in the old Jesuit sense - that is, insufficient by itself but a necessary condition for success. Votes: 0

Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. Votes: 0