Quotes About Pressure

I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad.

Be careful, perfection can make persons and work pass out of sight.

I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don't embarrass myself.

There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work.

As artists get wealthier and more famous, often their work gets worse... I'm fascinated by the decline of artists. I suspect I'll be in decline myself. It's a fact of life.

The older I get, the more frantic my work becomes because I want to get it all done. It's a losing battle, but I try.

I'm always pretty tense about everything when it comes to work.

I think sadly in any industry and in any work related environments females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection whether they be skinny or pretty. It's constant in our society.

When you work on a soap opera, that's three years of you working every day. There was no time to do anything other than the soap opera - you're locked in.

We live in an age of publicity and hype. There's something about success that dehumanizes you, whereas failure reminds you of who you really are.

Hey sister, you're just moving too fast, you're screwing up the quota.

I think there might be some pressure released while I'm doing autobiographical work, but afterwards everything remains the same.

Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain.

I work with deadlines. It is terrible to be an artist where you are just producing work and nobody gives a damn. Nobody wants to show it.

The great thing about doing a show in New York is that you can work until the night before.

As a leader, people push you. They really want to keep pushing you until you get aggressive. Then they say, "Oh, see, it doesn't work."

Anytime you do a job, especially one that's as intense and long as this one was, you have phantom work syndrome. I'm constantly feeling like I'm miked, so I'm careful of what I say all the time.

I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'm terribly uncomfortable.

In terms of having to uphold something, I don't need any added pressure. I need to be free in the work.

I gotta tell you, I do not envy whoever they try to put in David Letterman's chair. Folks those are some huge shoes to fill, and some really big pants.

I wait till the last minute to do lyrics. I seem to work best that way - bummed out and under pressure. I often don't do my homework. But I'll always walk that extra mile.

You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from.

I have already exceeded the amount of work my head can bear.

I've been working for a long time and I've just really been allowed to work, with very little of the baggage and the pressures that can come with my job.