I am always nervous when I'm auditioning for a part I really want.
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DANIEL BRUHL When I'm nervous, I know I care about something - you should be nervous about things that you wa...
ELLEN WONG I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.
ELVIS PRESLEY I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good s...
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RACHEL HUNTER For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your...
IRRFAN KHAN When I'm auditioning for something, if it's not me, I really hope the part doesn't go to...
RACHEL KELLER I am a contradiction myself. I'm always looking for something that scares me because when I'...
YASMINE AL MASRI When I'm not working... I'm an actor! I'm auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, dri...
XOSHA ROQUEMORE I am a little nervous with strangers. But I'm not tight inside. I think I am impulsive.
JOSE CARRERAS Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm au...
ADAM PALLY I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.
ALICIA KEYS I'm a shy person, so I get really nervous going into interviews.
SKYLAR GREY I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm...
ADAM LEVINE I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER When I'm 50 I want to be a better surfer than I am now - for me it's a lifelong journey.
KELLY SLATER I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't real...
OLIVIA MUNN I've really fought to get into rooms, and I'm a big believer in auditioning. It's hard, ...
ALEXANDRA DADDARIO I'm not interested in just being the hot girl. I'm really goofy, and I love laughing, and th...
CHARLOTTE MCKINNEY I'm not really someone who's always out on the scene going places. I'm a homebody. That&...
SETH CURRY I don't have a sidekick - no Ed McMahon. So when I go out there, I'm lonely. It's scary.
CARSON DALY Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future and time future contained in time...
, ALWAYS NOW, 1997 As soon as a job finishes, I am done with it. When I'm really, really enjoying the job, I love t...
MARTIN FREEMAN You know, I'm not really any good at working out when people are flirting with me. And I think I...
JOSH HARTNETT I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I...
DAN HARMON I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.
MICHAEL JACKSON I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure ...
EMMA WATSON I pull my eyelashes when I'm tired or thinking - it's a nervous thing.
SHERIDAN SMITH I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit rec...
LADY GAGA In my writing, I focus lenses. I'm almost always seeing when I am writing.
LOIS LOWRY I remember auditioning for 'Moulin Rouge!,' the part that Ewan McGregor played. I was so you...
TOBIAS MENZIES I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be...
KATE MOSS Even when I'm in a really great, steady and stable place... I'm clinically bipolar, so that ...
MARY LAMBERT There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thi...
TEDDY SEARS When I'm nervous, I stutter, and I had to keep stopping and starting.
AMY WINEHOUSE I've always known that I love directing but I was really aware of it while making 'Beginners...
MIKE MILLS I'm not brave, I'm not fantastic. I'm like any other woman. I'm unhappy. I'm dif...
SONIA RYKIEL I get nervous around girls for the first time. Once I'm in, I can take the reins and go. It'...
JENSEN ACKLES I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am...
CAROLINA HERRERA I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.
BERNHARD LANGER I'm kind of ready for anything. I don't really get nervous, and I'm not the type of pers...
BEN SIMMONS I'm happy with who I am inside. I'd hate to have accolades and all that and not really be ha...
KEKE PALMER I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
EDDIE MURPHY Sometimes when I'm nervous, that's when the most interesting things happen.
CHELSEA PERETTI I'm such a relationship guy. I really am.
LANCE BASS When I'm around black or white people, I'm always in the middle. Especially when I am around...
KARYN PARSONS I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writ...
ALEX BORSTEIN When I act, I feel like I am a color in someone else's painting - I can be the best blue that th...
BILLY MAGNUSSEN I'm in this for the long haul, I want to be doing this until I die. I am a standup comedian. I k...
STEWART LEE Well, I was always really mature for my age. I'm an above-age reader. I'm not trying to come...
ATTICUS SHAFFER I'm not part of the cultural elite. I'm a down-home girl. Always have been, always will be.
LAUREN HUTTON I really actually enjoy auditioning.
ELIZABETH OLSEN I want people to see that I'm a real person, I overreact, I cry, I'm emotional. If I come ac...
TAMARA ECCLESTONE I'm not auditioning to play convenience-store clerks. I don't see any benefit in that.
ADHIR KALYAN When I saw my first Broadway show, 'Beauty and the Beast,' I was like, 'Okay, I'm de...
LILLA CRAWFORD I'm always nervous! Especially when it comes to a series like 'Disgaea', where you do ha...
TROY BAKER I am a part of all that I have met.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON They're always saying I'm a capitalistic pig. I suppose I am. But... it's good for my dr...
KEITH MOON It's really funny - when I'm depressed or I'm having a hard time, I'll write really ...
KATHLEEN HANNA Every time I do one I feel like I've never really quite learned anything. I always find that whe...
ADRIAN LYNE When I'm doing a photo shoot, I'm not playing a part. I'm just trying to be myself.
GASPARD ULLIEL I'm a very nervous, shy person.
GRIMES I'm a dramatist, so I really always wrote and directed at the same time because when I wrote som...
ADRIANA TRIGIANI I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely s...
SAMANTHA BOND I'm my own person, and I want people to know me for who I am.
CHANEL IMAN I'm always doing something musically - when I'm working or when I'm off.
ZOOEY DESCHANEL I love good food. I'm an epicurean, that's for sure... But I am not really a good cook.
GASPARD ULLIEL I like pursuing new endeavors. That's part of the reason I wanted to direct. I like to create th...
CHRIS EVANS I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, bu...
LAINIE KAZAN I love all sports! I'm always impressed by athletes. I also love watching the Olympic Games. In ...
OLGA FONDA And I also am very nervous about implants. You know, I'm just nervous about all that. So I could...
LYNN REDGRAVE When I meet other parents and they're more 'mumsy' than I am - you know, I don't wan...
CECILY VON ZIEGESAR I'm a really good dinner party guest. I am always so appreciative, impressed that anyone has eve...
LUCY PUNCH I'll tell ya, I'm a genuinely nice guy. I really am. A real nice guy. But I think I'm te...
LOU REED I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.
CARL HAGELIN When you realize that the uncut 'Porgy and Bess' started me off, that I'd have the oppor...
JACK O'BRIEN I'm always feeling like I don't belong, no matter where I am. So I'm just searching for ...
JAMES HETFIELD The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my best - is when I'm on the stage.
ETTA JAMES I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get alw...
KATARINA WITT A supermodel is kind of that first-name recognition, but I'm not quite ready for that super part...
CHRISTINE TEIGEN I love audio books, and when I paint I'm always listening to a book. I find that my imagination ...
THOMAS KINKADE I'm nervous the first few songs, and then I'm like, 'I got this audience. I'm ready!...
DRAKE BELL I always see my songs in colors, and I'm often more inspired by movies and photographs than I am...
CHARLI XCX There's no point in lying saying I am doing really, really well because I'm not; I'm cul...
GARY NUMAN I've always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well. What it evolved into was ...
MEGHAN MARKLE I'm not really part of any group or clique or gang because that's always been my nature.
JACK DEE I am always friendly with people. When media asks me for a picture or interview, I readily do it. Ho...
PREITY ZINTA Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not ...
MANDY MOORE Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really gett...
CONNIE STEVENS I'm a very strong person, and I think that's why, actually, I find it really infuriating whe...
KATE BUSH I'm always happy to be a part of history. When you're a part of history, you live forever. &...
DARLENE LOVE Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame...
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TOM STOPPARD I'm not like some other writers: I have no actual urgent need or desire to add to what's wri...
TOM STOPPARD I've voted in every election - not always for the same political party and never with any degree...
TOM STOPPARD I'm vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes.
TOM STOPPARD As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an ex...
TOM STOPPARD I like dialogue that is slightly more brittle than life. I have always admired and wished to write o...
TOM STOPPARD When I think of how things could have turned out, I feel as if I've dodged, not just bullets, bu...
TOM STOPPARD I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have...
TOM STOPPARD My scripts are possibly too talkative. Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally ...
TOM STOPPARD Nobody would be killed on the roads if the speed limit were 10 miles an hour.
TOM STOPPARD There we were - demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man...
TOM STOPPARD Theater in New York is nearer to the street. In London, you have to go deep into the building, usual...
TOM STOPPARD I don't think falling in love in Slovakia is much different from falling in love in Tunbridge We...
TOM STOPPARD GUIL: It [Hamlet's madness] really boils down to symptoms. Pregnant replies, mystic allusions, mista...
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