Mary Steenburgen Quotes

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

When you're shooting, there's terrible pressure, and you never switch off. Every day is like the day before an exam; it's relentless.

Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.

When you start to have success, people look at you differently and expect more from you. With that comes a lot of pressure to perform, so it can be a little overwhelming.

You are under some sort of pressure to win any match. It is natural.

During those years with the Iron Maidens, I felt I had to be great and really prove myself at every single show.

Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.

There's always a pressure on performing the best.

My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.

We worked under a lot of pressure... three days to do an episode, sometimes two in a week, 39 episodes a year.

Everyone's set the bar really high and expects me to be brilliant.

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.

Well, television is grueling. The hours are grueling, it's hard work, and there's a lot of pressure to get it done without a lot of rehearsal time.

I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'

I feel pressure every day. It is only pressure that I put on myself, but I would expect all professional sportspeople to feel pressure to perform their best whenever they are at work.

It's so nerve-wracking to be on a set. They're the most stressful place in the world, because you're making something permanent, and there are so many people relying on you in a lot of ways.

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

I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.

When I go to where I was getting excellent parts in movies I may have taken a few too soon, too anxious to go back to work and to anxious to make another film and to succeed more.

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.

Dance is such a stressful environment.

I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously.

I think there's a certain amount of pressure depending on how demanding the part is, depending on how great the material is. I feel a certain amount of pressure to rise to the occasion.

I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.