Drew Pomeranz Quotes

Me, I don't want to put the pressure on myself.

I stress, worry, get nervous and I start to over-think about a lot of things, but I think a little bit of doubt and nervousness always keeps me on my feet.

It's hard to distinguish when I was actually struggling from when I only felt like I was struggling - which was pretty much always.

I obsess too much.

I don't put myself under pressure.

You can't go over every beat, every second, and worry about how you can do it better - it'll eat you alive.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus.

I want to be good all the time, so I feel anxious. But if you weren't like that, you'd be dead, wouldn't you? If you went out happy down the road, la la la. I've never been like that. I don't want to be.

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.

If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.

I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.

I am a very neurotic person all the time.

If you are anxious, if you doubt yourself, if you stress over everything, it ultimately means you really care about what you do.

For me, I try not to think about it too much, because you find that if you think about it too much, then you start to panic at every little thing that goes on in training.

Maybe there is something wrong with me as I don't feel any pressure or fear.

It can be easy to get caught up in craziness or insecurity.

Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It's a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it.

I used to get nervous so I took up Yoga to help me calm down.

Everyone thinks they can cure stress by adding to their schedule, like going to yoga. Oh, great - one more thing to feel guilty about when you can't do it.

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

I don't know how to put it, but yet you know we have so many people who the way they look at life, the way they work depends on what happens, us winning or losing. It's kind of crazy. So, I kind of got caught up in that, I'm gonna try to stay away from that.

I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic!

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.

There are some days when you don't feel like being Alan Cumming.