Nikita Dutta Quotes

The whole competition thing disturbs me. Not that I wasn't a part of it when I first started.

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

Of course you're nervous going into a final.

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.

On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.

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

If you take every challenge everyone has in their life and multiply it in severity you get what it's like in the life of an actor.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

Broadway is intimidating. Don't think it's not.

In the past, before games, I would near enough make myself ill. Nerves and stuff.

I admire pop stars, and there's parts of that world I'm glad I don't have to go through. It takes a lot of work to do the things they do.

Auditioning is the worst.

At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.

I've got a tough act to follow.

It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there.

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.

I'm never comfortable at theatre opening nights. If it's my own production I'm too wound up to be able to enjoy the performance and too wary to enjoy the event as a social occasion.

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.

Every audition I get, I agonise over and I put everything I can into it.

There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.

Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although it's not an easy trade - particularly when you're at your galley oar five days a week - it's easier on the nerves and the psyche than living with the brain-squeezing pressure and cares of being the Star.