Judith Jamison Quotes

It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time.

I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.

One of the things that happens in the business is that success is a very strange thing in that if you are involved in something very successful the next person wants you to repeat it.

He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

If people love you, if you're making money, if the performances you have are unlike anything anyone has ever seen, you get put in a position to be the man.

Every time I come out, there's more and more people paying attention, so I gotta show out every time.

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.

With one film after another becoming a hit, nervousness only grows.

So many want me to do another 'Paruthiveeran'; others are fans of my 'Siruthai' avatar. Extreme expectations, but I have to strike a balance.

On reflection, some things do super well because they hit with the time. Some things do super well because they are able to activate a kind of echo chamber or bandwagon or cascade - they didn't particularly hit with the time. Some things are just too astonishingly good to not hit the top. Those three explanations, with respect to the Star Wars phenomenon, seem to me all to pass the plausibility test, and to explore them, with respect to Star Wars, I think casts light not just on the saga of our time, but also on everything about our culture.

I'm the type of person who feels I have to prove myself first.

When you get great stuff to do, you just don't want to let anybody down.

It is a tremendous responsibility for us to have all the eyes focused on what we do and give people exactly what they need when they ask for it.

I guess a lot of times pressure is put on something after it becomes big.

It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.

Just do what you're supposed to.

Even the prettiest performers and even the most handsome performers, when they get that opportunity, they still need to step up to the plate and deliver.

You always want your kids to step up at the moment of truth.

People say, like, "I love when you smile because part of your mouth goes up," then I never organically smile again.

No, 'cause, I mean, the expectation for me is I'm gonna try my best to win the tournament. But it's the people that sort of are in the media, are in the press, and the people that read it are the ones that, you know, see the expectation getting bigger or greater or, you know, how my performances have been going, whatnot.

It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation, and then go to bed," is the absurdest of all maxims. "Keep up a reputation or go to bed, "would be nearer the truth.

One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.