Howard Nemerov Quotes

When I was on the bestseller list with the first book, everyone who knows me knows that every week it continued to be on the list was a very dark week for me. Everyone knows that all I wanted was to be off that list.

People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.

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.

As it gets closer and more probable, being a star is really losing its meaning.

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

That's what happens when you play in L.A. Everybody expects you to do well.

When the band were really big and we had massive hits, I was always stressed-out and insecure. I thought I wanted the band to be really popular, but when that happened, there was so much pressure to keep it going.

With one film after another becoming a hit, nervousness only grows.

There's nothing weirder than when your band finally gets big and you're playing sold-out arenas and you're selling millions of records, and you dread being a part of it all. It wasn't some master plan to go solo. I was just like, I would rather do my own thing, be happy, and have it be ten times less popular. That was really it. It just wasn't fun, the stress.

Being successful is something that's sometimes hard to deal with.

It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation, and then go to bed," is the absurdest of all maxims. "Keep up a reputation or go to bed, "would be nearer the truth.

Greatness is its own torment.

Нaving such a huge fan base, it's hard to see that and be motivated when you have so many people who support you and want to see you perform.

Everything I did in my life was about the title, but that's too much pressure over me. When I relaxed more, even my performance became better.

People are more willing to dislike your music and want to find faults in you when you are given opportunities like in my case. But I think in my case, people love my work and that's why I have to work doubly hard.

When a successful man goes to pieces, his frustration engulfs the entire surroundings.

As a child working in films was like a hobby but now it has turned into a profession. And with that, it's become a life that's full of pressure and nervousness about Box Office results, competition.

Everybody in Seattle thought I was the chosen one, musically wise. You know, if anyone was going to make it, it was going to be that guy.

Every record I do does a little better than the last, which in turn makes me more stressed out.

I had the pressure when I started my career at 18 at Cologne, when people were saying, 'Ah, Podolski, the new hero of Cologne.'

Everyone dreams of playing for Madrid, but we all know that it can be life or death.

When you're doing well and you're successful, part of being successful is that you get interviewed. But it ruins the moment.

It was nice to have success in the SheBelieves Cup, but that just brings more pressure.

The pressure is always there with Bayern, but we can cope with it.

There are a lot of things people are calling me, and I'm overwhelmed. I have a lot of gratitude, but I just want to keep doing what I'm in love with, which is acting.