Quotes About Pressure

One guy came to a show and was like, 'You're going to be huge. I can see it in my mind's eye. We could make you the next Pixie Lott.' I did an internal scream and ran away.

We all have Tumblr, and we all have Instagram and everything. People care so much about it because, now, any random can be famous on the Internet if their world looks good on Tumblr. And so everyone at high school strives for this kind of aesthetic correctness.

It's bad enough when people are comparing your movie to just other random movies, but when you have another 'Carrie' to compare it to, it's rough.

They can't have Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling lose a game.

Not to say that he put me through anything traumatizing, but I think just my dad has always had a short fuse. I always wanted to do my best just so I wouldn't have to deal with that.

I don't take pressure. I can't really work under pressure. I do one film at a time, and I try to live in that character and in the moment. I am not a futuristic person who thinks what is going to happen after five years. And I don't live in the past.

If you're in P10 and you're getting caught from behind from P11 or the other way round... there's that one point to gain... and there's not really a lot to lose.

I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.

Part of being young is you think gaining 6 lbs. is the end of the world.

That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.

You can't do anything else once you do game shows. You have no career.

I don't do game shows.

Fans are your greatest enemies because they tend to bracket you. And the moment someone expects I should do something, I break out. I often tell fans who say, 'Make a 'Gulal 2' or 'Gangs 3,' that I am living my dream, not theirs.

There's a foot race between gas bills and paychecks.

Gear not working on a live show - that is rough.

The Champions League is a very special one, as everyone switches one gear up.

Because I am the daughter of Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar, people have expectations fixed on me as I gear up to carry the family legacy.

Being an NBA general manager really is a lot of pressure. There's so much that goes into the job.

Some women are forced by men to look a certain way to be accepted by the general public, and I find that terrible.

To the general public, it's the nature of the sport that it's a car-dominant sport.

To be called a genius at 17 or 18 years old can sometimes cause arrested development.

While I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works.

I have the feeling that you can get older here in Germany, or in Europe, but in Hollywood, you have to look perfect all the time. So it's really hard.

Whenever Germany lose or play badly, there are 1,000 reasons. And no matter how many questions there are, we will never make everyone happy.