I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed.
There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.
My anxiety level of my own work and what I'm doing and focusing on my art and all of that stuff? That's fundamental.
I have this system. I torture my husband and everyone around me with my nerves and anxiety. Then, when I get on stage, the fear is gone. I've exhausted myself. It just dissipates.
You're able to do more when you're not clouded with wasted anxiety.
Anxiety has afflicted me all my life.
I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.
It's a whole different kind of anxiety. But the great thing about doing a theatre job is that once the ball starts rolling you just have to go with it, it's inexorable.
As far as the anxiety, I have no idea about it. I don't feel like I have any nervousness out there. I'm just a guy who really cares about being competitive and that's the bottom line.
I feel like with every performance that I see, I get better because I've always thought - while I'm watching people perform - of what I would do.