Madeline Zima Quotes

I think if you're in this business, like any high-stakes business, the highs and lows can make you a manic-depressive person, if you weren't that way to start with. 'Cause it's just so crazy on your psyche. A lot of it has to do with people thinking they're greater than someone else.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

You know, I'm not making top dollar, but when you're making top dollar, there are a lot of people waiting for you to fall.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

If we don't build a company as influential as Google or Facebook, then we failed. I'm, like, perpetually stressed, honestly.

Competitiveness only comes with insecurity.

If you're the star of a show, the next one has to be as good or better, and if you're doing a series, if anything goes wrong, it's your fault. There's nobody else to blame.

I was so depressed for so many years over trying to become a working comedian that my sense of self-worth would plummet.

Pressure is always on if you don't perform. There is no question.

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.

The pressure of success is suffocating.

I couldn't stand the thought of not succeeding; failure was more than I could deal with.

No matter how many people are screaming your name or how many Number One hits you have, you can still wake up and feel like a loser.

I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

I have had the auditioning process go on for two weeks or three weeks. I am always incredibly anxious. The audition and the wait is definitely the hardest part for me.

I'm more nervous about doing this than anything I've ever done before, because it is so prestigious.

My biggest enemy for the longest time was my head. When I first became successful, it made me anxious because I was overthinking everything, and you hear so many 'fail' stories.

Of course you're nervous going into a final.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.