Peter McWilliams Quotes

I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.

Fear drives you and makes you better.

I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer.

I have a level of fear going into every project, and that's what keeps me going.

The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

My great fear has always been complete and utter failure. Hence, you see, all the dispossessed people in my fiction, and why I try to earn as much money as I can. It's a defense. I don't enjoy it or do anything with it.

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.

When you stop being nervous is when you should retire. I'm always a little nervous for anything I do because when complacency sets in, that's when I feel it's time to move on to something else.

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

I want to keep doing as much work as I can, and I want to keep the level high. I'm wondering if something is going to happen to me to screw it up.

People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at what you do and how long you've done it. And what is success in your eyes? Have you separated yourself from everyone else in that craft? Or have you settled amongst the pack?

Auditioning is so nerve-racking.

I lived to be on stage, and I'm terrified. Terrified before every show.

I like pressure. Pressure doesn't make me crack. It's enabling. I eat pressure, and there might be times when I get a bad feeling in my gut that this might be too much, but you feel pressure when you're not doing something, you know?

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I stopped getting nervous a long time ago, so any time I do get nervous, which is rare - about work, anyway - I always take that as a really good sign.

I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.

The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear.

Fear of failure has always been my best motivator.

I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it off. That little bit of fear creates an energy that I can channel into the performance.

Fear drives you a lot harder than success does.

I guess I'm motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don't do things the way you need to do them to have success.