Nervous Quotes - Page 31

• I love my nose! I was so nervous when I got pregnant that I was going to get that weird nose spread that you sometimes see pregnant ladies get.

  Busy Philipps

  Noses, Sometimes, Spread

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Traveling is irritating to me, but not driving. Going to the airport makes me nervous, but when I set out to just take a leisurely drive, it's blue skies and puffy clouds and time.

  Edward Ruscha

  Clouds, Airports, Blue

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• I think it makes people in the Pentagon kind of nervous to know that chemical agents and environmental factors could cause so much damage in terms of what may happen in the future.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, Environmental Factors, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky.

  Devon Sawa

  Fidgeting, Get Real, Shows

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You don't realize what a strain it is on the nerves to write or think-of-writing all day long, and to sleep full of nervous dreams, and to wake up not knowing who one is: this all stems from anxiety about finishing the book, about time 'growing short', etc., and the perpetual strain of invention.

  Jack Kerouac

  Dream, Book, Writing

  Jack Kerouac (2004). “Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954”, Viking Press

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• I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.

  Yvonne Strahovski

  Sweet, Kids, Keys

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• I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale.

  Gabrielle Union

  Thinking, Community, African American

  "'Daddy's Little Girls' Actress Gabrielle Union". "News & Notes" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 9, 2007.

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• I was nervous batting eighth, and I was nervous batting seventh.

  Dontrelle Willis

  Sports, Batting

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• When I get nervous, I get word vomit.

  Dreama Walker

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In my case what happened next in 1999 was that I fell apart over that back nine. When I saw I was in genuine contention that year I felt like throwing up. That remains probably the most nervous I've ever been on a golf course.

  Lee Westwood

  Golf, Years, Next

  "Leaner and meaner" by Bill Elliott, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2008.

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• My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.

  Mae Whitman

  Cute, Mom, Children

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One of the biggest things I learned was that it's OK to be nervous and admit that you're having a hard time.

  Samuel Larsen

  Hard Times, Having A Hard Time, Hard

  "'Glee Project' Winner Samuel Larsen Talks Mentoring, Temptation and Romancing Quinn" by Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I get nervous before everything - dates, filming, awards shows.

  Taylor Lautner

  Awards, Shows, Award Shows

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• I've never felt nervous in front of big crowds and in big stadiums.

  Andy Murray

  Crowds, Bigs, Stadiums

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.

  Beau Mirchoff

  Moving, People, Scratches

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• I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.

  Janet McTeer

  Accents

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• My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.

  Tamara Mellon

  People, Inspire, Would Be

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• A lot of what I do as a showrunner is anxiety control. People get nervous when they don't know what's going on, so a big part of my job is making sure everyone has all of the information all of the time.

  Glen Mazzara

  Jobs, People, Anxiety

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• If you are expecting Paul to read the Bible like it was set in stone, you will find yourself getting pretty nervous. For Paul, now that Jesus has come, the Bible was more like clay to be molded.

  Peter Enns

  Jesus, Finding Yourself, Clay

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• There is an argument for believing that the entire process of writing a piece of fiction is simply a thinly-controlled and highly-internalised nervous breakdown designed, with a bit of luck, to produce something worthwhile at the end.

  David Hewson

  Believe, Writing, Luck

  David Hewson (2012). “Writing: A User Manual: A practical guide to planning, starting and finishing a novel”, p.227, A&C Black

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• I still get butterflies when I'm doing a runway show. The music starts, you're wearing these gorgeous clothes and your nervous about your high heels, if your shoes are going to break, if your going to slip or do something wrong.

  Karlie Kloss

  Butterfly, High Heels, Shoes

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• When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up.

  Bruce Forsyth

  Giving Up, Giving, Performers

  "Glastonbury: Bruce Forsyth 'very emotional' after one of biggest gigs of his life" by Mark Jefferies, www.mirror.co.uk. June 30, 2013.

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• I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when I am nervous. My favourite British author is Jane Austen, and my favourite American one is John O'Hara.

  Carolina Herrera

  Book, Shoes, Suitcases

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• If I'm with a group of people, I'm okay, but actually I'm quite a nervous person if I'm just one-to-one with somebody.

  Jenna Coleman

  People, Groups, Okay

  "'Clara is the closest to me I've ever played': Jenna-Louise Coleman admits affinity with Doctor Who role can be hard" by Rob Leigh, www.mirror.co.uk. May 14, 2013.

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• Before I went to New Orleans, I was a little scared of New Orleans. I don't know why. I had only been there a few times. Something about it made me feel nervous, knowing a bit about the history.

  Harold Perrineau

  New Orleans, Knowing, Littles

  "Harold Perrineau on Lost, Oz, and co-starring with Nicolas Cage in Seeking Justice". Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 18, 2012.

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