Joan Allen Quotes

I was so busy fighting and so busy trying to keep everything above water that I didn't realize I was spiraling downward with nowhere to go.

Judging by my degradation in the last 24 hours, I'll be surprised if I make it to Tuesday.

I don't think I can do this anymore.

I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I've had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.

Some days, I didn't know how I was going to make it to the next morning.

I just want to get through each day without the need to shut my eyes for 10 minutes.

I keep waiting for things to get back down to whelming, but they stay at overwhelming.

Every time I'm shooting a movie I want to kill myself. Because I don't see the light in the end of the tunnel.

There were a coupla times when I had had it. And when I'm pushed to the limit, I scream.

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.

At this very moment, I don't feel I will be able to handle what's coming.

When you are talking about, 'I will lose my sanity for real,' that's when it's time to move on.

A three-month training camp writes you off, I wake up and I literally can't get out of bed.

Women get exhausted and beat down, and you just want to cry.

I'm not yet desperate enough to do anything about the conditions that are making me desperate.

This whole Puff Daddy thing has taken a toll on me.

I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already.

Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.

Sometimes travelling really intensely for a long time is like having a continuous nervous breakdown.

There are days when I should be writing, and I am so tired that I can't. And the fatigue also affects my emotions, making me not even care about writing. There are days when I wake up so angry I can barely speak, and also days when I am so sad.

Well, I did know - but I just wanted the day to pass and the next day to come and then I wanted that one to pass. It was a horrible cycle. I felt so close to having to pack the game in.

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.

We were starting to lose track with Earth because fame and success brings you many things that you're not really prepared for or know how to deal with as a human being.

I was just absolutely exhausted. The media said I've been treated for a nervous breakdown. All that stuff I just took as people taking the opportunity when you're down to give you a kick.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.