Top 40 Nervousness Quotes

Look, every guy is nervous when they talk to girls, but I find that little bit of nervousness to be kind of fun.

I feel like I’ve mastered what nervousness is, and simply, nervousness is, fearing the future. Or, I like to put it as, thinking about things that you don’t want in the future. Normally, artists may think, ‘What if my show doesn’t go well?’ Boom. That’s going to cause nervousness.

There is no such thing as getting rid of nervousness.

As a child working in films was like a hobby but now it has turned into a profession. And with that, it’s become a life that’s full of pressure and nervousness about Box Office results, competition.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.

My role is to take the player to his limits, to provoke him, to annoy him against me, because in this nervousness is the will to improve.

You get this feeling in bobsled, like a combination of excitement, anxiety, and pure nervousness, and you get that combination only very few times.

My very first film in Hindi – ‘CID’ – was with Dev Anand. I was a big fan of his. So you can imagine my excitement and nervousness at doing a film with him. On the very first day on the sets, when I called him ‘Dev Saab’ he turned around and said ‘No no, call me Dev.’

Sometimes I feel surrounded by this dark cloud, and it feels like I can’t breathe. It’s nervousness and I don’t know what else.

I can be completely spontaneous, which is absolutely wonderful. I don’t like it at the same time; no one wants to be nervous all the time, but that nervousness mixes with the excitement I feel on the stage, and it makes for a wonderful performance.

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

I love the preparation, the excitement of game day, the nervousness of game day. But I enjoy the day-to-day stuff. Game day is a great day but I enjoy Mondays and Tuesdays, watching yourself on film, watching the next opponent, getting the game plan.

True it is that each of us has only one life – but how many of us ‘die a thousand deaths’ in fear and nervousness!

It’s nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences backstage, but I feel a fluttering nervousness before a curtain goes up on a play. I mean, any play, anywhere – on Broadway or the Bowery or in a church basement.

I do think non-linearly. So I think that comes off as nervousness or anxiety in a person.

I think that with any emotion – fear, love, nervousness – if the actor’s feeling it, then the audience feels it.

When I was a trainee at Kannur Sports School at the age of 13, my coach Nambiar sir used to tell us a lot of things about Milkha Singh – his achievements, lack of nervousness on the track, and a lot of fun stories about him.

I think stutterers are funny. And I know it’s rude and politically incorrect to laugh at stutterers. But I think it is okay because I know why they’re funny. They make people nervous. People think, when on earth are they going to get the word out, so they start laughing out of their own nervousness.

I think possibly, as an artist, you’re always treated with a certain respect but also with a certain sort of nervousness.

I just think you need to believe in yourself – be offensive, but still have some nervousness in your body before any important game.

In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn’t have any fear. I thought, ‘This is easy. This is what I’ve been waiting for’. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.

I love to help with dreams and I love what I do on ‘X Factor’ as far as the mentoring and helping someone get over nervousness or reach their potential.

Every time an artiste goes on stage, he thinks ‘I hope today goes well and I hope I give my best.’ That is important – that little bit of nervousness or tension is what makes you perform better.

I’ve read that Steven Wright’s style was born out of genuine nervousness.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

I don’t show tension and nervousness, but I know how fast my heartbeat races before a race.

Sometimes I dance for concentration. I dance to release my nervousness.

Arrogance sort of destroys that nervousness because you’re having a bunch of people flatter you and tell you you’re awesome, and it keeps you from striving as hard for the kind of validation you seek from a good show.

It’s exciting to work with stars, but there is no reason to be nervous because in the initial stages of my career, I have worked with Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan… I have worked with these stars, so nervousness has gone out my system after that.

The truth was, I never liked the rose ceremonies. The cocktail parties beforehand are also difficult as there is so much stress and nervousness that’s put on everyone.

I’m left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don’t affect me; most emotions don’t.

I think it’s the nervousness and the worry that it won’t last forever that keeps us working so hard.

Acting’s all about the confidence you exude, especially on film. I mean, nervousness isn’t attractive in anyone, but a film camera will seek it out and punish you.

With one film after another becoming a hit, nervousness only grows.

Along with any great joy comes a good deal of anxiety and nervousness.

If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.

It was really good working with Paresh Rawal. I was nervous at first because he is such a big star and I love his performances, but the initial nervousness went away once I got to know him. He is a very simple and hardworking man.

There were so many emotions on ‘Idol’ with nervousness and pressure, but in good ways.

For as long as I can remember I had suffered from anxiety, nervousness, the big black cloud, stress, low moods, sadness.