Jon Stewart Quotes

Whenever you start a new job, it's always a bit daunting, the unknown.

Whenever you get into a new environment, it's scary. You don't know the people; you're not really comfortable with the machine that the show is.

Because we moved so much, I was always having to adapt and work out the lay of the land. So I felt envious of those who did not have to try.

Every job still feels like the first time.

Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.

At every premiere, I stand in the back, I never sit, worrying. And then maybe I hear them laugh or whatever, and the muscles unclench a little. But always, I feel like it's a fluke, that I'll never be able to do it again.

I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time.

Horror of any kind is dependent on a certain amount of insecurity and paranoia from the audience. And it feeds on that and works on that.

We're all confused and have problems and struggles.

If I'm put in a situation where I am not really sure what's going to happen, it can be overwhelming. I get a bit anxious.

Change is uncomfortable.

I think pressure is that uneasy feeling that you feel when you're unprepared.

I was so stressed, man. When I was 17, I was so worried about what the hell was going to happen.

The truth is, for many young people, the changing schools or starting a new academic year is really difficult to deal with.

I had had to quit a few jobs in North Carolina because of how anxious they made me.

When you start a new job, a lot of times everybody's been there a long time and so you think, 'Oh, it's going to take me a while to make friends and do all that.'

Directors have this mask of being in control and in charge, but underneath, I'm terrified.

I have dreams where everything will disappear or go away, so I'm always working harder each year.

I think threat of change is pretty potent. In humans, blood pressure doesn't go up when people get laid off: it goes up when they first hear rumors that layoffs are coming at the end of the month.

I've lost a lot of control in my life.

I know how it feels to be the newbie.

My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

Everybody gets paranoid about deselections. I do.

Ninety percent of the time when I'm working, there's this very palpable sensation that I'm doing everything wrong and should just give up.