Nervous Quotes

I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.
Randy Newman

Once, Found, Talking

'Rednecks' always made me nervous to play, but I'm glad I wrote it and I continue to play it. It's just that the language is so rough.
Randy Newman

Made, Play, Language

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that goes out of the window.
Rita Ora

Once, Though, Goes

That's one of the reasons I wanted to be an actor, to be like them. And there they were at my table, all talking about how nervous they were, about the lines, and so forth. No matter how big you get, you still have the same kinds of anxieties and so forth.
Gavin MacLeod

Same, Big, Wanted

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen.
Marvin Hamlisch

Funny, Work, Down

Barry and I were in the middle of building a house, and I was in the midst of having a nervous breakdown, because that's what you do when you build a house.
Cynthia Weil

House, Building, Build

It's funny, I get really nervous when I audition for voiceovers.
Julie Benz

Funny, Audition

There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great.
Jon Secada

Good, Great, Real

After doing the first couple scenes and I got used to being in front of a few people it got easier and easier. In Chasing Amy, I wasn't nervous at all. And in Dogma, the same.
Jason Mewes

After, Same, Used

I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous.
Sidney Crosby

Moderates shouldn't be nervous about Newt because he has a vision, he's laid it forward. He's fundamentally leading us in the way that middle class Americans want to go.
Pete du Pont

Forward, Vision, Class

Every audition is different, but I get incredibly nervous and insecure and worked up for however long I have to prep - that's when I get to spin. But you're not allowed to spin once you enter the room. Doubt really can't enter the room when you're auditioning - unless it's part of the character.
Nina Arianda

Character, Long, Doubt

And I'm supposed to grab her and kiss her and she's supposed to react. Well, what happened was, Julie was very nervous at that time, given this incredible part which she did beautifully.
Rod Steiger

I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky.
Devon Sawa

Talk, Shows, Shaky

If you become president, you're guaranteed to develop some nervous habit.
Rich Little

Become, President, Develop

People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before.
Brenda Blethyn

Experience, Done, Before

It was in San Diego and I was onstage and couldn't remember how to play the guitar properly. I was in terrible pain and my nervous system was just going wild, like somebody had just run a car over me.
Andy Partridge

Car, Pain, Remember

Some of the best auditions I've ever had have been when my agent called and said, 'They want you 20 minutes ago, in an office in Century City, to see you for something.' I'm not sitting there thinking for a week and a half, before I'm supposed to go in front of a network president to do something. That just gives you time to be nervous.
Billy Campbell

Time, Best, Thinking

I still feel like a novice when it comes to classical theater, but I don't ever want to become comfortable with anything. The greatest creativity comes from being nervous and uncomfortable.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Greatest, Creativity, Become

I was nervous and hesitant about putting myself out there for the pie scene. But I went for it and the results were wonderful.
Jason Biggs

Wonderful, Results, Scene

I was a nervous young man. I wanted to do so many things. And I was so enthusiastic and earnestly in love with so many things that I tried too hard. I tried really, really hard. And I made a lot of mistakes. I was afraid of a lot of stuff. And I kind of feel bad for that person I was.
Ryan Adams

Love, Mistakes, Bad

Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.
Patrick Rothfuss

Cool, Mother, Night

I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest.
Gail Devers

Anybody, Watching, Usa

I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.
Eugene Ormandy

I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.
Gary Cole

Coming, Fan, Scene

Well, I think having your kids see you role model behavior of dignity when it's hard, when you're upset, when you want to confront somebody but you don't want to and you're nervous about it, when you are having moments where abuse of power is coming on to you. I think it's really important for kids to see how you handle that.
Rosalind Wiseman

Power, Important, Hard

It was quite natural - the first day I got to the set I was really nervous, but I loved the whole experience.
Charlotte Church

Experience, Whole, Loved

Most shows, you really have to force it. And everybody's nervous, and the network is nervous, and they've all got their notepads out, and they're all going to give notes on what they think is funny, and everybody's trying to spin their jokes, and this was so - the script was so good that we didn't have to really do anything, and it made it so easy for us to do well.
Will Arnett

Funny, Good, Give

I'm always working. If I'm not in my studio I become quite nervous.
Jeff Koons

Working, Become, Quite

I have the most nervous stomach in the world.
Sean Hayes

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