Quotes About Pressure

Im really bad at tests of any kind, so Im bad at auditions. I consider myself educated most of the time, but when Im under the gun, I just fail.

When you've got the ball 65-70% of the time, it's a football death for the other team...It's death by football.

There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.

It's so hard to find the time. I only have one kid and it's hard with one kid. I can't imagine people who have more than that.

I remember when I used to have actual time to write and now you don't have time and you just do it. I think it explains a lot about television.

I used to always be the young one playing without pressure, but I am just happy to be where I am and enjoying my time.

As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.

Even when it's midnight, people are watching you. It's difficult to be in the spotlight all the time.

I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young.

When you sing live, you cannot expect any artist, except for the amazing Beyonce or GaGa, to get it right every time.

Everywhere you look in L.A., you're reminded of what you're a part of - or what you're not a part of. And everyone you meet is talking about the same thing all the time.

If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.

I started working when I was three years old and was basically known before I knew who my own name was. My parents needed money, so at that time it became my responsibility to pay the bills.

I think holidays create so much pressure because people feel they should be having a good time. But you shouldn't.

Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.

You feel the weight of the world and you take things in and you are acting out from a place of being pushed and visceral. It's heavy. You can't be there all of the time.

Jerry Seinfeld, he was doing Letterman show all the time, so he kind of had an excuse, that people know the jokes already. He didn't have time to do stand-up. A guy like me, I have no excuses.

Hey, Cunningham - Andy Warhol called. You're at 14:55 and we're tickin' big-time here, Chachi.

In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldnt accept losing that time slot.

Managers have people second-guessing them all the time.

I can't have a daily routine. I feel really overwhelmed a lot of the time. I don't take much comfort in routine, but if I don't start, I could really get eaten alive by my industry.

Let's say you have to catch a plane, and you are packing your suitcase and moving fast. Most people would call that stress. Most people live stressed like that all the time.

When you finish writing the scripts they have time to take a breath and think about everything. There's just a little more time to think. Network does not allow for that.

You can't buy time. Everything, for me, seems to be a race against time. Especially musically.