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I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.

I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.

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.

You got to have an emotional connect with the audience who watch you.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I want to be uncomfortable - acting is uncomfortable.

I tell my staff, we're riding a tour bus around, and we're going to stop and look at some weird stuff - but we're taking our viewers around safely. They're just looking out the window at it. I'm trying to create a sense of comfort for my center audience.

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.