Nervous Quotes - Page 5

• I love the company of people. I always have and always will, it comes with my family. But earlier in life I might have got a little nervous if I was alone for a day or two in a row. I might think, "Where are they?" Now, I just go on doing naturally what I do.

  Jack Nicholson

  Thinking, Two, People

  Source: www.gamesradar.com

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• I get nervous about press and about being rejected or disappointing myself.

  Courtney Love

  Disappointing, Rejected, Presses

  Interview with Andy Warhol, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 11, 2014.

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• I'm not good at keeping secrets. If I'm entrusted with a secret from a friend, I can do that because I'm a good friend, but I don't like having secrets, it makes me nervous.

  Julia Stiles

  Good Friend, Keeping Secrets, Can Do

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• I'm doing good. I've had a slight nervous breakdown in the '60s. I got through that. And I got through the '70s. And I was in a doctor's program during the '80s and then I met Melinda and we've been together ever since. I've got a happy life.

  Brian Wilson

  Happy Life, Doctors, Together

  "Larry King Live" Interview, August 20, 2004.

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• Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.

  Pat Williams

  Basketball, Nba, Coaching

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• I'm a shy, nervous person, and I don't like teaching with "terms." I didn't teach them, like, "This is first person, this is second person, this is foreshadowing," or whatever, so no one probably felt like they were learning anything. But I feel like teaching in that way reduces the concept to a term.

  Tao Lin

  Teaching, Shy, Way

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• We only have our nervous system to paint.

  Francis Bacon

  Painting, Paint, Nervous System

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• I don't think I've got enough energy to be competitive! Most of my energy is just devoted to me being nervous and trying to deal with the situation.

  Max Irons

  Thinking, Trying, Energy

  "Red Riding Hood - Max Irons interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I think it helps to get a film made because people who put money in are nervous. They like to have something recognisable enough to make them secure that there's a pattern there - that someone else put their money into something like this and made it back.

  Colin Firth

  Thinking, People, Patterns

  "Then She Found Me - Colin Firth interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Generals who can write always make me nervous.

  Ben Bradlee

  Writing

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• I always get nervous before a kissing scene. I make sure I always brush my teeth and eat lots of fruit and nice foods rather than garlic. I'm terribly self conscious.

  Drew Barrymore

  Nice, Kissing, Self

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Everybody can take a good picture. Everybody is interesting. Everyone has an interesting face. Some people are more difficult or more nervous or more tired. When you do a movie, you have action, you're talking, you're moving. You don't see the camera. Taking a picture with a photographer, you don't talk, it's more difficult than in a movie for your body to relax, to be yourself.

  Keira Knightley

  Being Yourself, Moving, Tired

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm never really nervous because I've done the maximum; now it's up to the audience to do its job.

  Michel Ocelot

  Jobs, Done, Audience

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I was born with a nervous breakdown.

  Yves Saint Laurent

  Born, Breakdown, Nervous Breakdown

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• I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my desk I feel like most people would feel if they went on TV.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Writing, People, Tvs

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Jan 16, 2012

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• I can think of so many tough guys that by definition it's their job to be tough and they're all in chapel. That's such a misconception and it's kind of gone out the window. Guys feel more comfortable going to chapel. I remember when I first started, guys were nervous about it and it was kind of a secret. There was still that stigma that came with it, but it's definitely been removed and (the faith movement) is definitely growing.

  Matt Cullen

  Jobs, Thinking, Guy

  "A conversation with Minnesota Wild center Matt Cullen". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. May 6, 2013.

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• I always feel a little funny being in front of a lot of people trying to show them my approach to the ukulele, but I do enjoy it. I do get a little more nervous doing workshops rather than performing.

  Jake Shimabukuro

  Ukulele, People, Trying

  "Ukulele sensation Jake Shimabukuro talks going viral, new documentary and upcoming Tuscaloosa show". Interview with Coti Howell, www.al.com. February 27, 2013.

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• You haven't learned life's lesson very well if you haven't noticed that you can give the tone or colour, or decide the reaction you want of people in advance. It's unbelievable simply. If you want them to take an interest in you, take an interest in them first. If you want to make them nervous, become nervous yourself...It's as simple as that. People will treat you as you treat them. It's no secret. Look about you. You can prove it with the next person you meet.

  Winston Churchill

  Simple, People, Giving

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• I think I can speak for a lot of people in that they would be pretty nervous about meeting Harrison Ford, and I was definitely one of those people. For me, and I think for all of us, once you get to know him, you do get on very well. He's such an amazing person and an amazing actor. There were so many young people on the set and he really pulled the best out of us.

  Asa Butterfield

  Thinking, People, Would Be

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• With a live performance, you feel nervous because there's a sense it could do well or badly based on how well you are performing, whereas the only variable with a film premiere is technical, which invariably you have very little control over, whether the sound is good, whether the acoustics of the room are good.

  Richard Ayoade

  Sound, Variables, Littles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• First and foremost, prayer is so helpful. But I think that you need to face your fears head on. Don't avoid them or say that you're not scared. Acknowledge it and be honest about it. It's normal to get nervous about a big game or to get nervous about an important event in your life.

  Matt Cullen

  Prayer, Thinking, Games

  "A conversation with Minnesota Wild center Matt Cullen". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. May 6, 2013.

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• After all those years of automatic success, you don't get nervous any more. It's really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.

  Paul Simon

  Years, Trying, Littles

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• The people gave their money and they gave their screams, but the Beatles gave their nervous systems, which is a much more difficult thing to give.

  George Harrison

  People, Giving, Scream

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• When I walk into a screening, I'm nervous in a different way than I am as an actor. But the response is ultimately I know how I feel about it and that's what matters to me the most.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  What Matters, Different, Actors

  "Jake Gyllenhaal Interview, Nightcrawler". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. October, 2014.

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• The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that's the beauty of it.

  Roger Federer

  Play, Tennis, Important

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