Ellen Wong Quotes

If there came a time when we didn't get nervous, that would be worrying, as it'd mean we didn't care as much.

I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring.

If you're nervous, that means you care and you want to give your best.

Nerves just mean that you care.

If you're not nervous, it means you don't care.

If you are anxious, if you doubt yourself, if you stress over everything, it ultimately means you really care about what you do.

Everybody has had that experience of really wanting to do something and being afraid.

It's natural to get nervous about anything you care about.

I get nervous before every single game, but I think it's a good sign. It means I care and want it to go as well as it possibly can.

Performing was terrifying.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.

Being nervous is not something you should be ashamed of. Nervous means you care, you really want to do well.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.

Acting scares me.

I used to tell my graduate students at Stanford, 'Don't worry about what job you have to pick because your job picks you. Let your job pick you. Find something you are passionate about. Then when you are passionate, be persistent. Just keep doing it for a while because progress is always hard work. It never rests in ideas.'

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.'

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

I'm the type of guy that feels pressure when I have to order dinner. I'm just that type of guy but that's my fuel. I work well with pressure.

What drives me now is the fact that I feel like I still have so many tricks that I want to learn and so many things that I can still do. And so many cool things outside of sports that I have been doing.

A lot of my career and my drive and my passion and my striving to be better and better was built on insecurity.

I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.

The work I like to do is the work I'm most afraid of.

Sometimes fear can bring performances out from you.

I like to be nervous, as I push myself harder.