I do put a lot of pressure on myself to perform. I think that’s only natural.

I still need to remind myself that I’m still so young. Sometimes I put too much pressure on myself to perform when there’s still so much time.

I had high expectations of myself from the start. I think I had a rather smooth journey in showbiz — I always had work opportunities knocking on my door, but rather than being stressed over a lack of work, I put pressure on myself because I wanted to do better. When you want to become better, you put more pressure on yourself as well.

I felt all kinds of pressure on myself...I didn't want to disappoint anybody. But that is nothing that compares to someone dealing with a health issue, so my shit is no big deal.

The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.

I always felt pressure as a child to perform, but again that came from the people who were managing my career. There was no such thing as halfway, I had to do it to the hilt.

I put the pressure on myself because I love what I do.

If you want to take something more seriously, do it publicly.

Publishing an article pressures you to think clearly. Competing in a race pressures you to train consistently. Presenting on any topic pressures you to learn it.

Social pressure forces you to up your game.

It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder. You say, 'Well, I'll get all screwed up and then it'll be a real challenge again.' So stupid—I've often wondered why people do these things. You're so much happier if you don't, but I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.

I expect standards from the group, I see myself as the driver, because I am so competitive, you have to keep pushing to be better year in, year out.

Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.

Sometimes, you have to push yourself to achieve something in life.

For me, the pressure's always been there, 'cause I'm in a career that's unexpected, in terms of where I'm from and what I look like, you know, how old I am. So I'll always feel pressure. I'll always feel like I'm up against odds that are kind of insurmountable and, 'Man, if I don't get this right, I might not ever work in this town again.' But you kind of got to tune that stuff out.

how normal it has become to feel as though you absolutely must do more than you can do.