- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pressure Quotes
For when everything is riding on it.
Several of these quotes come from people who built entire careers under pressure, describing repertory theatre as training for exactly that, a feeling explored further in the feel collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Nothing to lose' means I can go out there and try to play like I'm playing, without pressure, without nothing.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is a sort of pressure cooker that allows the fizz to come out the top. God knows what I'd be like if I didn't have that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody always talks about the pressure of playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is, but the people watching make it so much easier to play.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it would be really brutal to put on a persona and get famous for that persona. Like, 'I'm number one, I'm the best!' because that sounds like a lot of pressure.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know people expect a lot from me and want to see certain things when I play, but it's not really any pressure for me.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
In England everyone puts a lot of pressure on you when you have cost a lot of money.
- Nov 07, 2020
Relegation - that's pressure.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
People still ask my husband and me which of us is the mom - which, as one lesbian friend pointed out to me, is like asking which chopstick is the fork. This pressure on us to embody normative traditions can be paralysing.
- Excuses
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- Nov 07, 2020
Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour, and they are classic excuses.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel pressure.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020