Jean Kerr Quotes

When Hailey was born my first thought was that I needed a drink and that hospitals should have bars in them.

It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.

So it's sheer terror, but then, this is the whole reason that we went so long to Doctor Simons, was to get rid of all these... mixed feelings that we had.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

With The Omen, I really felt I wasn't in control. It was panic.

Every day there's a lot of things I block out, because if I start visualising things, I tend to go completely insane. I've always had anxiety issues, and it can totally overwhelm me and suck me under if I'm not keeping focused. I just think and think until I have a panic attack, and then it dies down.

I do remember that I was very relieved that I did not have to go into a bank with them. I had, as you recall, I had already been brought into a bank before and it was better to be sitting outside.

I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.

What I wasn't prepared for were the feelings of anxiety that it stirred in me. I wasn't prepared for the initial feeling of I don't want to have to do that again. I was scared.

I think we were trying to get off Combat from the moment we were on Combat.

I went through absolute stress and mayhem. I couldn't go out, because people were constantly on my back all the time.

I'll close my eyes really, really tight and make you all go away.

The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio - it sent me a bit mad.

I have done so many things and the pressure is so great. I am sure I have been a good deal dehumanized.

I think, in general, finding the right time to have a baby is pretty scary.

I think the stress will kill me. I think it will be the stress.

There is an awful lot of pressure on me.

A three-month training camp writes you off, I wake up and I literally can't get out of bed.

The weight of the world on my shoulders was something that I had to let go.

The thought of real-life scares me to death.

Every morning when I woke up, I would pray, 'I have to throw today, please let there be no pain.' Those were very gloomy days. Meanwhile, the atmosphere around me had become, 'Is he faking an injury?' 'Is it a mental problem?' Those words made it extremely difficult for me to stop and rest, and it really took a toll on me emotionally.

Don't you ever feel that - that you just need to get away? From everything? That it's all too much?

It was daunting at first. I did have insomnia for two weeks.

and even a tea party means apprehension, breakage

Sometimes it would be nice not to have to do my best. Sometimes it would just be nice not to have a crisis to deal with. - Anita Blake