How to Maintain Anxiety in Plays

I don't like the moment before plays. But then when I'm on stage, I'm usually okay. And I usually write characters for myself that are so crazed and panicked. So all the stress I have just filtered into the role. Isn't that great? Yes, I could do that. How did with that anxiety as a kid, how do you then work up the nerve to do plays? That was like 7, 8 years ago - probably October 18th. You seemed a bit nervous afterwards about how it was received. Oh, yeah. I remember everything because I remember each show that I've done.