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It's quite pretentious, really, isn't it? The notion the audience is going to be interested in you for an hour and a half. Think too much about that and anxiety takes over.

— Jean Dujardin

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.

— Thalia

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

— Amitabh Bachchan

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

— Chuck Berry

It's very difficult to get an audience to be terrified of what's going on. Think about it: You're in a room with so many other people, so for them to be terrified and to care about what's going on on-screen takes a lot of work.

— James Wan

The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up.

— Leo Kottke

If someone has an ability to impress an audience there's a tendency to be tempted into doing just that.

— Michael Sheen

You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.

— Don Rickles

There's a oneness to showing yourself to an audience. They feel that. It's healthy. That's what acting is all about.

— Catherine Hicks

✗Opposing Perspectives

It's the adrenaline rush you only get from being in front of an audience. It's addictive.

— Raphael Saadiq

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.

— Emily Watson