Quotes About Pressure

I'm f**king pathetic when it comes to being an entertainer. People come because they want to see me have a nervous breakdown.

I find that if I go on a vacation, it's like that's more stress to me, because I want to get back.

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

I decided that I did not want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because these also exerted a kind of pressure, and obstructed absolute creative freedom.

I'm a woman, and every woman wants to be skinnier - unfortunately.

Zac Efron would make us feel guilty for eating big dinners. He'd say, 'Do you really want to eat those carbs?' It was like, 'Thanks a lot!'

It means a lot to me to have my kids like what I do. And that's why I limit them. But I don't want to put that pressure on them to be a fan of mine.

I'm not a comedian. I can play off of people, but I'm not that guy. I don't want people being like, 'Yeah, he should have stuck with drama.' It would not be my choice to have critics mumbling that.

There really isn't any limit to the number of people who want a piece of you, and it's all important stuff.

That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children.

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

I'm working 18 hour days and I'm feeling guilty not being able to be there when all those times I want to be mother.

Honestly, I don't want to worry about the trivial feelings here. I have nothing and I still have a far way to go. There's no time for me to hesitate. The people around me force me to hesitate.

I know what it's like to have a bunch of material that's working that you don't care about. You want to die.

Ironing is a great diversion from the reality you dont want to face.

A lot of directors don't want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.

Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of money for a couple of months and then not be ready.

The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.

There's an anxiety of wanting to please the studios. You want to prove to them that you can do it and sometimes you might jump at a project that you're not totally passionate about.

You get to the ninth inning and your stomach is clear up to here. But it's not because of your job. It is because you want to win so badly.

I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.