Quotes About Pressure

I try not to think about the expectations of other people because there's always going to be expectations.

I'm going to put a lot of expectations on myself.

Being star kids, there are certain expectations to live up to. There's a certain pressure from the public. And, if your film doesn't work, it's even worse.

It's something nice to be number one, of course, but there are much more expectations.

I try not to focus too much on the expectations there are of me.

One of the expectations growing up was that I'd become a well-known artist.

I have no choice but give my best, even if it is a small role. There are a lot of expectations from the family and industry.

Sometimes the weight of expectations, of doing anything, can be a little bit heavy.

People who come to see me have expectations. If I don't live up to those expectations, I'd be a failure.

I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.

If my life choices had to be predicated based on what was expected of me from a community on either side, that's going to make me feel really straitjacketed, and I don't want to feel that.

Acting is important to me, but so is the rest of my life, and what I still keep in mind is that the pressure of being successful lasts so short a time.

You know you're on stage being the life of the party and trying to get laughs, and then, in a lot of ways, you don't have anything to give once you give it to the people.

My parents wanted me to go to law school!

My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.

Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer.

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer.

I do feel a lot of times like I'm out of my league with my kids in terms of what my responsibility is.

In our league, it comes right down to the end.

After having seen my dad do so much in comedy, I know I have a legacy to live up to.

I find I have less time for everything. The assembly elections came so soon, and there is still so much work to be done.

Leaders understand that the real fight is the fight against time. There's so much to achieve in such less time.

The idea of me writing something that I'd get to be in as well was not what I saw coming. I do think that life works that way. When you kind of let go of something and accept that it hasn't worked, it takes all the pressure off, and then you end up getting it.

Expectations are kind of lethal for art, I think.