Jet Li Quotes

It's a bit of a headache being a perfectionist. You're never satisfied.

I'm neurotic. I complain all the time. I'm a workaholic. And I'm never satisfied.

It stresses me out if I mess up.

I get tetchy with myself when I forget. I also get tetchy when directors ask you for take after take after take after take for no apparent reason. I've heard Maggie Smith gets tetchy for the same reason.

I will say, there's not an episode in existence where whatever didn't come out the way I wanted it to or is an actual mistake that won't nag at me until the end of the time.

I always take things too seriously.

I put enough pressure on myself already - I can sit here and work myself into an anxiety-filled breakdown without worrying what everyone else is going to think.

I'm obsessive, I'm a control freak, I get snappy with people.

The 21st century is a really terrible time to be a control freak.

I know I have trouble watching my own films.

Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing.

If I drop a ball, I'm going to beat myself up, or if I go out and a rep isn't perfect, I feel like I've got to do it again.

I know now that much of the pressure that resulted in my breakdown was self-imposed. I didn't let myself enjoy the opportunities I was given, choosing instead to doubt myself.

I like to be as positive and as peaceful as possible, but reality says, you know, sometimes you get mad, sometimes you get antsy, sometimes you get aggravated.

I'm never really happy with anything I do.

I'm Type A to a fault.

Really, the amount of work I do on a project, I will torture myself.

I hate getting things wrong and I hate failing.

Building up expectations, creating unrealistic time frames, feeling like our end goal is the end all, be all can all lead to frustration or anxiety. We end up feeling as though we have to power through what we want rather than enjoy the process and just let the result come as it may.

Women tend to overthink things.

There is mental as well as physical fatigue. You have to cry, scream, keep on repeating the same dialogue till you get it right.

I get quite frustrated about a lot of things on a day-to-day basis. I can't help it; it is an impulse with me.

Most of the pressure, if not all, is self-imposed.

I struggle with perfection.

When you try to do everything perfectly, it gets very tiring.