Hattie Morahan Quotes

I still feel pressure - I'm sure everyone who plays feels pressure - but I don't feel it as much now as when I was younger.

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.

I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of adrenaline.

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.

I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and fear is one of the big threats to any good performance, because it closes you down and makes it harder for you to produce life in front of the camera.

I always performed out of fear of failure - and that's a tough way to play. It was as if my back was to the wall and I was constantly surrounded by very dangerous people that were not friendly to me.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

When I'm playing timid and afraid to make a mistake, then I'm not going to play well.

I don't know why, but I don't really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.

By giving myself the freedom to lose, I actually began to play much better.

I am not worried about playing in front of a big crowd.

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.

When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

I don't really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.

A lot of times when I'm confident and relaxed on the court, I'm going to be a pretty tough out. But when I'm not so confident and not so relaxed, I tense up and my balls fall short and everything. It just sort of unravels.

I've been nervous a number of times. Your first start. Playing in the Super Bowl. Your first Super Bowl. Very nerve-racking. The one thing that you can always fall back on is that you know what you are doing. You know how to play the game.

Between what I know I can do and want to achieve and what the audience expects, it's a lot of pressure, and it's always adding up.

Obviously, I can't break my mental block in the Octagon.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

Auditioning is the worst.

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.