Quotes About Stress

I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn't know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally living from day to day.

It is extremely satisfying when you finish a script, but the process of it can be just nerve-wracking.

I am scared of running out of money.

There was a scary two years where it was madness because I was really in trouble with the taxman.

My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.

I have a crazy work schedule.

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

If you have a screaming angry director, everyone else will be panicked as well.

Every time I think I'd want a huge, huge career, I realize I'd go crazy under that kind of scrutiny.

We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere - it was just nightmarish.

Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.

I actually, legitimately feel that I'm not busy enough. I want to be so busy that it's overwhelming.

If I'm put in a situation where I am not really sure what's going to happen, it can be overwhelming. I get a bit anxious.

The holidays are only overwhelming because it's crunch time. It's like everyone trying to get last-minute things in before the New Year starts.

The kind of work you do, when you do it, how much of it there is, and who you delegate it to are often the cause of the quasi-schizophrenic behavior seen in many business owners and entrepreneurs.

Eventually it just got really crazy. Less and less oxygen in the apartment.

I did a network show in the U.S. before, and I loved it, but you have eight days to shoot an episode, and it's just a ridiculous pace.

A lot of times in television, it's incredibly rushed, and you're just trying to get the pace.

I like the mad and neurotic pace of television.

Packing is always a nightmare.

I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad.

I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

I was in musical comedy. And I did very well, but the memorization killed me. I'm not good at memorizing, and it gave me a lot of anxiety. I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn't really like dressing for parts.