Olly Murs Quotes

I'm nervous before every day of work, almost. Even after six years of 'Breaking Bad.'

The minute you get cast, you worry they've made the most terrible mistake. There's a really awkward stage between being hired and doing the job when it doesn't feel real.

I get so antsy. When you're working, you're like, 'Oh my God, I'm so tired.' And then a hiatus starts, and you're off for three days, and you don't know what to do with yourself. You're never gonna have another job in your life, and you suck at acting. Your world comes tumbling down pretty quickly.

Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job.

I was afraid that if I said, 'Yes, I'm an actor,' what would happen if I was bad at it?

Oh, I still get a little anxiety when I'm doing NFL live for ESPN.

All actors think every job will be their last.

I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.

There was this real fear in doing 'Square Pegs' after getting such a fast ride to glory on 'Saturday Night Live'. I was afraid that the word would be 'peaks early, fails to live up to promise.'

I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you.

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

I think a lot of actors, sometimes what happens I think is that actors finish a movie and they go, 'Oh my god, I'm never going to work again,' even big huge actors, and so they'll take something thinking that something else will never come along.

If my results are not good I will lose my job.

All actors who have been around for a long time, which I have, and have been skint for long periods, which I have, find it difficult to turn down jobs. If I turn anything down my stomach turns over. I feel sick. It feels like gambling.

Because I've got an AFI award, I feel there is a certain expectation when I walk into a room, you know, that 'That Deb Mailman must know something!' But I'm just as nervous with every experience. I still doubt whether or not I can pull something off. I still think, 'When is the review going to come along that says Deb Mailman's not very good?'

On stage, I am in the dark.

As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.

Live TV would terrify anybody.

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.'

I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.

I get terrified the first day I'm on a film set. I get nervous walking down a red carpet. I find making speeches the most terrifying thing in the world.

Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.

I've always had problems with my brain, so a lot of the songs are about issues I have with paranoia or freak-outs. 'When My Head Explodes' is about being on stage, having people look at you and expecting you to perform, then literally your head explodes.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

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.