Elizabeth Marvel Quotes

I was a terrible actor. The analytical part of my mind never quite let go.

My weakness as an actor is that I think too much.

I find it hard to watch a lot of the kind of things I'm doing before doing it. I don't think it's helpful for me. It makes me too aware.

I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor.

Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become very self-conscious.

I doubt myself for sure. Sometimes it gets that bad when you can't find a rhythm.

When I'm playing timid and afraid to make a mistake, then I'm not going to play well.

Truthfully, you're not your audience, so all that self-consciousness and all that - it gets in the way of you actually just being the best thing in whatever thing that you're doing.

Yes, at times in front of goal a fog descends. Perhaps the speed of my feet doesn't match up with that of my mind.

I just don't analyze what I do, because I'm afraid I won't be able to do it anymore. I'm sort of superstitious. And that's why I've never looked back at any movie I've done.

Why is failure the first thing I think of when I find myself in this sort of situation? Why can't I just enjoy myself? But if you have to ask the question, then you know you're lost: self-consciousness is a man's worst enemy. Already I'm wondering whether she's as aware of my erection as I am.

I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and fear is one of the big threats to any good performance, because it closes you down and makes it harder for you to produce life in front of the camera.

Throughout my life, whenever I thought I'm dancing welI, I'm not.

I think if you think so much, you simply cannot bat.

That's what a lot of people say, especially in college, it looked like I'm lackadaisical out there, like I'm not really paying attention. If I'm always tense, I'm going to be overthinking the game. I try to just go with the flow.

In around 2000, I became aware of a recurring problem of the 'tightness' around my cueing action, which somehow stops me believing that I can play the shot - even shots I could previously play with my eyes shut.

You can have all the experience in the world and come out and not play well.

I don't regard myself as an entertainer. I don't think that's where my talents lie. It always feels a bit uncomfortable.

When you're more comfortable out there, you start seeing different things, relaxing more, being able to trust your pitches more and not try to overdo things as much.

Anybody can play decent golf like me, but people trip on their own minds. They need to create a little distance between what they think and what they do.

One think that you notice about anyone that gets up on stage is that they don't really have a lot of self-awareness. It's kind of a trait that performers don't have because you just kinda just have to let go and do whatever you want to do on stage.

Before competition, I start to question things. I don't know why it happens, but you've got to control it so you don't get too far out of the race.

I think when I start thinking about results, I stop playing the right way because I start getting too nervous.

My memory is quite good, except when I'm off stage.

There's a difference between feeling nervous and feeling: 'I'm not worthy of taking the ice.'