Jesy Nelson Quotes

Manchester United was a sad experience. Things didn't go as I had hoped. I was disappointed, and it didn't help me to rise to the surface.

I'm always so sick of myself after a show.

I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.

I used to cry on the way to auditions.

The UFC was the black spot in my career and my life.

I wanted it to be like Amy Grant, but it didn't pan out that way. My label actually went bankrupt, and I was left without a home.

I can say without melodrama or malice that Hollywood ruined my life.

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

You know what, I'm a big, big fan of 'Heroes,' but the day they told me that the end of the world was coming, and that day didn't come, I stopped watching.

My parents were disappointed I didn't finish college, and they were really upset when I went to Hollywood to become an actor. I was a big disappointment to them.

I have this absurd syndrome where I get these out-of-the-blue, pathetic panic attacks. It'll be in a very easy, simple scene when everything is going swimmingly, and then suddenly, bang, I'm shvitzing and can't remember my lines.

I'm disappointed by bands left and right, every day.

I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.

Everything went wrong for me in the 1990s.

There's so many more failures than successes for actors. It's like a phobia, fear of cancellation.

The WB never treated us well, so we didn't expect a lot of farewell wishes and flowers or cards.

Even the first suitcase-off-the-train moment, it's easy to be discouraged, frustrated, annoyed, angry. Because you're waiting in freezing weather outside of an open call, and you're like, 'This moment of me right now is not the joy I felt when I was doing J. Pierrepont Finch in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' in high school.'

I was very dramatic - very, like, 'It's never going to happen. My life is over at 16 because I'm not already famous. I'm not going to get my record deal. I'm not going to be able to sing for a living.'

You're only as good as your last joke, your last show, your last whatever. The confidence is there, but underneath, there is always insecurity.

Writing about corporate America had sapped my energy, disappointed the editors, and unnerved me.

I'd be on stage in Ireland performing for thousands of people and just not believing in what I'm doing at all. And it hurt, it hurt badly. I knew every day that I couldn't continue this way.

I left my cushy job as an engineer in New Delhi in 2008 to pursue acting in Mumbai. I figured roles will start pouring in as soon as I landed in the city, but my bubble burst quickly.

When I came to New York for the draft in '89, they told me I should be like 10 and 15, and it didn't happen. So I was very disappointed, like, nobody wants me.

It hurts when you are at a club you loved, a place where you think you might want to end your career, and things go badly.