Ashton Eaton Quotes

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

I can't deal with actors! I can't deal with myself. We're neurotic and miserable ... I love doing what I'm doing, but while I'm doing it, I'm miserable.

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.

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what you're doing.

I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy.

I'm always nervous before starting a record because I can never sleep. I'm like, 'I have no good ideas, everyone is gonna see through me.'

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to survive the Shins. I don't know what I'm going to do to make a living otherwise, but I really don't want to do the Shins right now.'

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

I'm impatient.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

I get very antsy when I'm not occupied.

If I'm not doing anything, I get really antsy and bored.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment - I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I'm on to the next thing. I don't want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

I was 15 on the show, and I cried a lot. I was homesick, and was so worried, that I didn't think of being on 'American Idol.' I was so worried that I was going home every week that I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have.

'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.

Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job.

I feel a bit scared at times as I feel if I am not convinced about the scene, the audiences won't be either, so I have to give my best.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

I think pressure exists in a situation only when you are unsure of your talent and people are expecting a lot from you due to your lineage.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

I don't like sitting on the bench because I get more nervous there than when I am playing!

It's impossible, when one team and one player is afraid of something that might happen in a match, they will not play well, they will not have 100 per cent confidence.