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I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get really nervous. It's a great buzz when it goes well.

— Mackenzie Crook

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

— Jo Brand

I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again.

— Johnny Vegas

When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.

— Adam Sandler

Stand-up is the kind of gig that'll show you where you're at.

— Dave Chappelle

I'm always nervous when I perform anyway.

— Jarvis Cocker

I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.

— Namie Amuro

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine.

— Alison Lohman

I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.

— Liz Phair

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm not good at interacting with people and am terrified to get onstage, so I just go up there, freak out and, most of the time, pack up and go home immediately after.

— Autre Ne Veut

I haven't been really nervous about a gig in a long time.

— Bill Engvall