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Best advice (aka, the only advice) on stage-fright I’ve received so far

Cherish it because you won’t always be scared and once it’s gone, you’ll never have it again.

I don’t know - I think I prefer the “The anticipation is always worse than the actual event.” True, I haven’t tried this out on things like amputation or catching on fire, but for stage fright, I suspect it is true. So what you are feeling now is actually the worst bit - it just gets easier from here.

I hesitated to give advice on this subject, since I don’t know anything about it. But here’s what I’ve heard — picture your audience in their underwear, and then you won’t be scared of them. That’s the PG version. You could imagine that they’re completely naked, but only if it won’t distract you from your own performance.

That is such a cool statement! But I really envy someone who can stand before an audience and not appear nervous at all.

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