Martin Freeman Quotes

It has gotten worse as I'm becoming more successful. My nerves. Just because there's a bit more pressure, and people are expecting a lot more from me.

Well, I think that you know, I threatened myself with quitting after every movie. But I think everybody does that, right?

I don't think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it's just going to stress me out and get me worried.

I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.

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

The questions that loom can be intimidating. 'What kind of moves is she gonna make? What is she gonna do?' There is this pressure that you're supposed to keep impressing.

I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired.

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

Sometimes when I'm watching managers on television and I see all that anxiety I realise that I don't miss the job as much as I thought.

I just can't put the pressure on of winning a championship, winning a championship, because then I'd never be able to sleep.

I worry that I will lose control over the projects I get to work on.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of contemporary ambition.

When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

Honestly, I really just think I work too hard to feel any pressure.

I can feel this pressure of living up to the expectations of people. I hope I can fulfill it.

Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.

I want to be a manager, it wouldn't scare me, but I also think you could be sacked in six months and you'd have to take the kids back to school with your tail between your legs.

The biggest stress for me at New York Magazine was when I was a middle-of-the-pack editor, and I had no control over my own schedule.

With respect to keeping your sanity, the more you are dedicated to your job, the more you think about it. And there is so much to think about for the director.

There is pressure from day one when you start your career.

It's weird: I always feel like my career is about to end. Like someone is coming to get me. I don't know. I guess I need to find a better balance, but without my work, I don't think I would be alive. If I don't work, I don't live.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

I have seen both extremes; when there was no work, I was frustrated and now that I'm overworked, I feel the same. I'm looking for a balance now.

Yes, I go a little bit crazy when I'm not working, which is an issue for me. My background is you go to work; that's what you do.