Stefflon Don Quotes

There are times when I do feel very nervous when I start a film. And I feel very nervous before the release. I do get stuck in some scenes, but that's very natural and human. It happens to all the artistes in the world.

When I first started as an editorial cartoonist, I was terrified on a daily basis. Filling that hole the next day, knowing that tens of thousands of people were going to expect something funny. There is still that pressure, but you kind of learn how to cope with it a little better.

I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider things more, and be more fussy - there's further to fall. All these little worries.

There is such a hype and a big build up to me, and it's very hard to meet those expectations. That's been a big stress in my life.

I try to live in the moment and not overthink things because then you start putting yourself in situations that you don't want to be in pressure-wise.

My anxiety level of my own work and what I'm doing and focusing on my art and all of that stuff? That's fundamental.

As a novelist, I'm incredibly lucky to make a living, but that doesn't mean that I don't lie awake at four o'clock in the morning, worrying.

My biggest enemy for the longest time was my head. When I first became successful, it made me anxious because I was overthinking everything, and you hear so many 'fail' stories.

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.

Even when I had a run of successful prime-time shows, I couldn't sit down and enjoy my success. I would beat myself up and scrutinise everything. I'm a natural-born worrier.

Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus.

I just write songs and hope that they do well. I'm sure there is some pressure from someone at the label, but I'd rather keep away from it.

I stress out a lot. Being a perfectionist doesn't help with that!

Pressure is an emotional paralysis. It's hard enough to do the dishes when you're feeling pressured, let alone make a movie.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened.

I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor.

I was always worried with comedy - what if I came to work and I wasn't in a funny mood? That hasn't been an issue.

Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.

There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring.

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

I've noticed if you look too far ahead, it only works negatively on you.

I think when I start thinking about results, I stop playing the right way because I start getting too nervous.

Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing.