“I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I'm so shy.” PeopleFeelsI CanActionFacesTurnsGirlFrontsSceneRedBraveShy Author:Jet Li
“I think people imagine that I have about five scripts sitting in front of me and I say, 'I think I'm going to go with the super hero thing and after that I'll wrap it up with some more sci-fi and then do a romantic comedy.' But it doesn't quite work out that way.” PeopleThinkingWayFiveComedyImagineFrontsHeroSittingScriptsWork OutSci FiImagine ThatWrapsSuper Hero Author:Nathan Fillion
“People just like to be on camera. There's a huge desire to be in front of the camera, and once there, people will say and do almost anything. It's sort of a drug, and I think people get addicted to it.” PeopleThinkingDesireFrontsHugeDrugCameras Author:Steve Carell
“The most expensive care we can give, we're giving those Americans without insurance. It's kind of stupid that we're fighting the notion that we want to quit paying a hidden tax and be up front about covering people in a way that is cost-effective.” PeopleWayWantGivingKindCareFightingFrontsStupidCostTaxesNotionQuittingExpensiveCovering Author:Barack Obama
“The worst years of my life were the first two years I was doing standup. You're learning how to do, and you're going on stage in front of two drunks and people aren't laughing and you're broke. That's a really hard time in your life.” PeopleYearsFirstsTwoHardLaughingWorstStageFrontsBrokeHard TimesTwo Years Author:Bill Maher
“There's nothing more vulnerable than just standing in front of a thousand people, or ten thousand people, and doing your best to entertain them, touch them in some way.” PeopleWayFrontsThousandTenStandingVulnerableDoing Your Best Author:Jason Mraz
“I'm the most mellow person offstage. I think it's just, going onstage lets me get out some frustration that I'm too shy to do in real life. Instead of doing it in private, I'd rather do it in front of 1,000 people who've paid $25 to see me lose my mind.” PeopleThinkingMindPersonsRealLosesFrontsLet MePaidReal LifeFrustrationShyMellow Author:Zach Galifianakis
“I, Tivadar Kosztka, who gave up his prime of youth for the rebirth of the world, accepting the call of the invisible Spirit, had a regular civil job, comfort, wealth then... Going to Paris in 1907 I oppositely standed alone in front of millions with only the result of the divine providence, and I beat the vanity of the world hollow, but I haven't killed 10 million people, only sobered them. I haven't made commercials from things, because I didn't care for the pedlar's press; I retired from the world instead, going to the top of the Lebanons, and I painted cedars.” PeopleWorldMadeCareJobsSpiritWealthResultsAcceptingMillionsFrontsHavensYouthDivineComfortBeatsPressesInvisibleVanityParisPrimeProvidenceRebirthRetiredHollowGave UpLebanonDivine ProvidenceCedars Author:Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary
“In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I go over there quite a lot to sit in a room and do stuff in front of people. You feel like a performing monkey. It's bizarre.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsSelfAmericaStuffRoomsSecretFrontsHonestyPerformingMonkeysBizarre Author:David Wenham
“We did a 60 page book in one day. She's one of the most photogenic, easy to shoot, inspiring, extraordinary people in front of the camera who I've ever photographed. Yes Taylor Swift has it all. My goodness that girl has it all, what can I say she's extraordinary.” PeopleBookGirlEasyFrontsOne DayGoodnessPagesCamerasExtraordinaryOrdinary PeopleThat GirlPhotogenic Author:Nigel Barker
“The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them” PeopleWayFrontsMotivated Author:Bill Hybels
“It's nerve-wracking singing in front of people. I think that's why most people get drunk for karaoke.” PeopleThinkingFrontsSingingDrunkNervesKaraoke Author:Emily Blunt
“If I'm going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.” PeopleIfsLooksFronts Author:Bill Nighy
“Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you're going to dance. It's go-time in front of 100,000 people and everybody watching on TV. That's exactly how it is when a director says 'Action!' It's the same adrenaline rush, the same training process. I love it.” PeopleActionProcessActingFrontsFootballTvsDirectorsTrainingAdrenalineReceiverOne On OneAdrenaline Rush Author:Brian J. White
“As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday.” PeopleTryingMorningStreetsFrontsAdultsCompetitionCrowdsBarsFatsHeyQuartersCostumesTuesdayEarly MorningBourbonFrench QuarterBourbon Street Author:Bryan Batt
“Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.” PeopleMadeEnoughStageFrontsTelevisionFrightStage FrightLive Television Author:Bill Hader
“I had a very active imagination as a kid, and I was constantly performing, whether I was making money doing it or not, whether it was on a stage in front of 1,000 people or in the living room in front of my family.” PeopleKidsImaginationRoomsStageFrontsMy FamilyActiveMaking MoneyPerformingLiving Room Author:Laura Bell Bundy
“I think the perception of me can be, you know, confused. But thats only because people only see that side of me when Im at work, in front of the camera. So they dont see Miranda at home; they dont see behind the scenes. They see the glamour of it all but they dont see Miranda standing barefoot in a dirty old house.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHomeHouseSidesBehindsFrontsScenePerceptionStandingCamerasDirtyConfusedBe YouGlamourBehind The ScenesBarefootOld HousesMiranda Author:Miranda Kerr
“I love being able to perform in front of people. I like potentially making a difference in somebody's day or somebody's life.” PeopleAbleDifferencesLove IsFrontsMaking A Difference Author:Carrie Underwood
“I get invited to do panels with other Brooklyn writers to discuss what it's like to be a writer in Brooklyn. I expect it's like writing in Manhattan, but there aren't as many tourists walking very slowly in front of you when you step out for coffee.” PeopleWritingStepsFrontsWalkingCoffeeParisFewerInvitedBrooklynTouristsManhattanSpeaking French Author:Colson Whitehead
“When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're standing in front of cameras; people are watching you; it's not so easy to be at ease.” PeopleMomentsEasyFrontsStandingCamerasPressesEaseConferencesPress Conferences Author:Christine Quinn
“As [The Nation columnist Katha] Pollitt points out, when one starts looking beneath the surface of things and adding together the out-front atheists with the indifferent nonbelievers, you end up with a much larger group of people than Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Unitarians put together.” PeopleEndsTogetherNationsGroupsAtheismFrontsAtheistJewPositive AtheismSurfaceBuddhistIndifferentColumnistsBeneath The SurfaceUnitarian Author:Natalie Angier
“I like keeping music in front of people. I try to sell at shows as much as I can - setting up a distro table and bringing out crates of vinyl and some CDs. That's my favorite way to sell because you're actually face-to-face with the customer.” PeopleWayTryingI CanShowsFacesFrontsTablesSellsMy FavoriteCustomersSettingSettingsFace To FaceCdsVinyl Author:Chris Black
“For me any moment in front of a crowd is embarrassing, because I can't stand being in front of people. I'm probably one of the worst public speakers. I try to avoid it, but there are times when it's just too rude not to do it. But there really isn't a moment that's not embarrassing for me if I'm going to stand up in front of a crowd.” PeopleIfsTryingI CanMomentsWorstFrontsCrowdsSpeakersRudeEmbarrassingBecause I Can Author:Christian Bale
“I want to be able to challenge myself. And do things that are away from what I usually do. Stand-up is safe for me. I can do stand-up in front of twenty-five thousand people, and I'm like, "I know how to do this. This is what I do." I want to be a little scared.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesI CanAbleCan DoChallengesKnow HowFiveFrontsThousandSafeTwentiesScaredTwenty Five Author:Dane Cook
“Children have to fly on a separate plane, and people older than 60 have to fly on a separate plane also, because for some reason, after you get a little older, you forget that when you pull on the seat in front of you to get up from your seat that the person sitting in that seat actually feels something.” PeopleFeelsChildrenLittlesPersonsReasonForgetFrontsSittingGet UpPlanesSeats Author:Jay R. Ferguson
“It's a real buzz, even in front of 20 people, to make a complete fool of yourself. But people seemed to like it. And the thing is, if people started throwing tomatoes at me, I wouldn't have gone on with it.” PeopleIfsRealGoneFrontsFoolThrowingTomatoesBuzz Author:Mick Jagger
“Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have to put it in front of people.” PeopleTurnsCoursesFrontsComfortDiscoveryTerrorLuxuryRehearsal Author:Julianne Nicholson
“Being on TV in front of people is a lot different than sitting in a dark room with a microphone. When I had my radio show, I was on four hours a day for 20-something years. If you put a live microphone in front of Mother Teresa for that amount of time, she'd piss somebody off.” PeopleIfsYearsDifferentShowsMotherHoursDarkRoomsFourFrontsTvsAmountSittingRadioMicrophonesTeresaDark Room Author:Wendy Williams
“Just keep focusing on the work that you're doing. Focus on what's in front of you today. And don't read the papers, just go campaign. Just do your thing. Talk to people directly” PeopleTodayFocusFrontsPaperCampaignsPapers Author:Michelle Obama
“Your only guidepost is your own instinct and judicious editing. In my stand-up act I learned that in the first 10 minutes I could say anything and it would get a laugh. Then I'd better deliver. In the movie it's the same thing. You get a lot of laughs when people first sit down and then the story better kick in. Many years in front of an audience, I would hope, give me a sense of what works.” PeopleGivingYearsFirstsStoriesAudienceLaughingMinutesFrontsGive MeDown AndInstinctKicksEditingSay Anything Author:Steve Martin
“The weird thing is, I used to skate in front of, like, 5,000 people and I was never nervous, but the first time I got on stage, there were four people there and I vomited.” PeopleFirstsUsedFourStageFrontsFirst TimeNervousSkatesWeird Things Author:Albert Hammond, Jr.
“I much prefer the road. My thing is getting live in front of people. There is a sterile environment to a studio that doesnt make me let go.” PeopleEnvironmentFrontsLetting GoStudios Author:Stephen Stills
“I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.” PeopleUsedAsksFrontsDollarsMcdonaldsCheeseburger Author:T-Pain
“The jokes I used to do on 'Sex and the City' were always comic character things, and they were rarely hard jokes. As soon as you go up in front of people, it demands laughter.” PeopleHardCharacterUsedSexCitiesFrontsDemandLaughterJokesComicSex And The City Author:Michael Patrick King
“Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. Thats how you stand out in the crowd.” PeopleLongPlayJobsAsksOpportunityMistakeFrontsCrowdsDumbMaking MistakesMultipleLocationStanding OutNew JobAmazing OpportunitiesDumb Questions Author:Gary Cohn
“I think honesty is the ultimate liberation in life. People want to shy away from the truth and keep sweeping it under the rug. But after a while, you pick up the rug and there's just way too much dirt, so you might as well just be up front about it.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWellsMightToo MuchFrontsHonestyPicksUltimateLiberationShyDirtSweeping Author:Rihanna
“When you do RAW or Wrestlemania or a PPV where there's 10,000 people or more, you don't necessarily look at the people. The only time there's a realization that there's that many people is when you walk to the ring. Once you get in the ring, your focus is only on the ring, and maybe the front few rows.” PeopleLooksWalksFocusFrontsRingsRealizationOnly TimeWrestlemania Author:Kevin Nash
“Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps.” PeopleWorldWarRealHomeSeeingFrontsHorrorWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiTroopsDoorstep Author:Kirk Hammett
“In a way, no matter who's in charge of the corporation that the United States is, the direction in which it is taken seems to be inexorable. So, you just get the job of being the front man for four or eight years. Now, most people realize that's what you are.” PeopleMenWayYearsMatterStatesSeemsJobsRealizingUnitedUnited StatesTakenFourFrontsEightCorporationsInexorable Author:Alice Walker
“Each of our cells is a living entity, and the main thing that influences them is our blood. If I open my eyes in the morning and my beautiful partner is in front of me, my perception causes a release of oxytocin, dopamine, growth hormones - all of which encourage the growth and health of my cells. But if I see a saber tooth tiger, I'm going to release stress hormones which change the cells to a protection mode. People need to realize that their thoughts are more primary than their genes, because the environment, which is influenced by our thoughts, controls the genes.” PeopleIfsNeedsEyeBeautifulCausesGrowthRealizingMorningEnvironmentBloodInfluenceFrontsPerceptionStressProtectionPartnersTeethReleaseCellsPrimariesGenesEntityOur ThoughtsTigersHormonesDopamineOxytocinGrowth HormonesStress Release Author:Bruce H. Lipton
“Most kids come home from school. They don't go to their TVs first. They go to the Internet. They check their emails, or some blogs, or some sites. Then they go watch TV. Other people are at work all day 9-5 in front of a computer. They see certain clips. We're not going to hide the fact that people use the Internet. We're going to try to be as interactive as possible with our fans. I'm currently on Twitter and Facebook and Flicker and Dig. I'm on all that stuff.” PeopleTryingFirstsFactsUseHomeKidsSchoolCertainStuffWatchesFansFrontsTvsInternetComputerChecksComing HomeSiteEmailBlogsClipFlickerInteractiveTwitter And Facebook Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Performing onstage is all about reacting in a grand way. You're playing an arena of seventeen or eighteen thousand people and it's your job to make sure the person at the back feels as cool as the person all the way in the front. Being on stage is a bit of a façade. You get to walk out there and be the coolest version of yourself that you could possibly have imagined and then you come off stage and you're just like everyone else.” PeopleWayFeelsPersonsJobsBitsWalksStageFrontsThousandVersionsPerformingArenaEighteenReactingSeventeen Author:Justin Timberlake
“The flimsy little protestations that mark the front gate of every novel, the solemn statements that any resemblance to real persons living or dead is entirely coincidental, are fraudulent every time. A writer has no other material to make his people from than the people of his experience ... The only thing the writer can do is to recombine parts, suppress some characterisitics and emphasize others, put two or three people into one fictional character, and pray the real-life prototypes won't sue.” PeopleLittlesPersonsTwoRealCharacterThreeCan DoNovelFrontsMaterialsPrayingMarkReal LifeStatementsGatesSolemnResemblanceReal PersonPrototypeFictional Character Author:Wallace Stegner
“I have nothing but respect for people who travel the world to make art and put exotic Indians in front of linen backdrops, but it's always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary.” PeopleWorldTryingArtPhilosophyFrontsOrdinaryEverydayExoticTravel The WorldBackdropLinen Author:Sally Mann
“I never envisioned myself being a film star at all. Most people know that pro wrestling is a little bit of an accident for me. I never really had any real aspirations of being in front of a camera.” PeopleKnowsLittlesRealFilmStarsBitsFrontsLittle BitCamerasAccidentsAspirationWrestlingFilm StarsPro Wrestling Author:Roddy Piper
“The first part of my life was to be an actor and maybe have some success at that. Then [it was time] to find somebody to be in a relationship with and have a life that way. Because of Parkinson's, I had to change: How can I be of service here? Is there something unique to my situation that I can use to help people? I did not have the wherewithal to invent that. It just happened in front of me and had me join in.” PeopleWayFirstsI CanHelpingUseActorsSituationHappenedFrontsUniqueParkinsonParkinson's Author:Michael J. Fox
“I don't feel comfortable doing movies. It's not what I trained to do. I trained to be a theater actress. You put me on a stage in front of 2,000 people, I know what to do.” PeopleKnowsFeelsStageFrontsComfortableTheaterActresses Author:Anne Hathaway
“Whenever people call me the first female this or that, it doesn't make it more special because no one in front of me wanted the same job. I've always wanted weird stuff and enjoyed things differently than other girls.” PeopleFirstsWantedJobsGirlStuffSpecialFrontsFemaleEnjoyedCall MeOther GirlWeird Stuff Author:Ronda Rousey
“Being just an actor, sometimes people are like, "Hey, man, we don't wanna see you no more, in front of the camera," and I don't want that.” PeopleMenWantSometimesActorsFrontsCamerasHey Author:Jamie Foxx