Jesse Eisenberg Quotes

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

I warm up at home. I hit the stage, I'm ready, whether it's rehearsal or anything.

I've always felt that the more prepared I am, the more confident I would be within the telecast.

I feel like everything's got to be neat and everything's got to be right before I put on my performance, so I brush my hair.

People might not believe me if I say I get nervous, but I tend to practice constantly to show a balanced performance.

When you prepare for something, it's hard to be nervous.

You can train to be ready for the nerves, and we simulate it all the time, but it's never the same when it actually matters.

I used to get butterflies. Now we're always ready to hit the stage and rock out.

I like finding things out beforehand, because I'm nervous in disposition, and I worry that if I don't do anything, then I'll turn up and I still won't really have a sense of it, and it might be too late. So I like to get things as organized as I possibly can in my own head, to apply myself to the work before arriving to a late-in-the-day rehearsal, or in extreme cases, the first day on set.

Nerves are natural, it means you're ready to face a challenge and perform.

Are you worried about pressure? I look at it this way: Pressure is having to do something you are not totally prepared to do.

I like being prepared. When things are going on and I have to learn my lines at the last minute, I'm never quite secure enough to allow it to be spontaneous. So the more prepared I am, the more I'm able to kind of let it go . . .

It’s not really pressure, unless you’re not prepared.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

We love to make sure all the boxes are checked - that we aren't just prepared but over-prepared before we raise our hand. It's that discipline that I love most about women, but it's also what holds us women back the most because by the time we raise our hand, that opportunity is often gone.

There is mental as well as physical fatigue. You have to cry, scream, keep on repeating the same dialogue till you get it right.

I was performing in front of mirrors forever. Just jumping around my room at, like, three in the morning when everybody else was sleeping. So when it came time, I was so ready.

I really personalized the pressure to make a good 'Toy Story' film. It made me physically sick at the beginning. Literally, I wanted to throw up in the morning because I was just so racked with stress.

I'm very anxious. If you're going to fight the best fighters, you have to be prepared for a war, a highly-anticipated fight.

I don't go into rehearsal for a production unless I've figured everything out.

I try to sleep as much as I can. I drink a lot of water. I practice consistently and just try to be ready for the gig.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

I took six months to rehearse how I'd ask Shah Rukh Khan if he would launch my debut novel. I thought of 100 ways to ask him. Finally, three weeks before the book hit the stands I went to pop the question and forgot everything I rehearsed.

You can't go out and press. That's when you're going to make mistakes. Just act like you've done it before.

I dreamed of recording a guitar album since I started playing, but I just never felt ready. I never felt like I was the player that I wanted to be. But I had this epiphany: you're never going to feel ready.