David Nicholls Quotes

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.

For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?'

I used to hate the sound of my voice.

Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.

The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me.

I watched artists who blew up before me become parodies of themselves. I wasn't listening to people when they told me that I had nothing to say, and I can't listen to people now when they tell me I'm the bomb, even though I want to.

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.

I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.

Just the life of doing what I do, being in the public eye, it's a stressful environment... You feel strange, self-aware, very foolish. Your third eye clicks on, just to try to maintain a healthy sense of perspective, and you think, 'What am I doing here? I'm just making a movie, and people want all these things from me.'

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.

I was wracked with insecurity.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

I'm very insecure.

I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person.

I'm not coping very well with all the attention, if I'm honest.

I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role.

When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks.

When the eyes are on you for the first time, you can't believe that people aren't criticising you.

When you first get fame, you're so insecure that you just become a ding dong.

As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.

When I'm on the red carpet, most people say, 'Who the hell is that?' It's downright embarrassing.

I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.

I hate having to pose for photos. It's just so embarrassing. Everyone is expecting you to know what to do because you're an actor, but I haven't a clue.

I don't know how to let loose when I'm dancing to the music and the people that made the music are watching me. I've never felt so much pressure in my life.