“My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.” TryingChildrenTwoWantedActorsBitsHalfRolesCryMomMy MomConvincedNervousRanCuteAuditionsSkepticalInterruptedBossyChild Actors Author:Mae Whitman
“There is an argument for believing that the entire process of writing a piece of fiction is simply a thinly-controlled and highly-internalised nervous breakdown designed, with a bit of luck, to produce something worthwhile at the end.” WritingBelieveEndsBitsProcessFictionPiecesProduceArgumentLuckNervousControlledWorthwhileBreakdownNervous Breakdown Book:Writing: A User Manual: A practical guide to planning, starting and finishing a novel Source: Writing: A User Manual: A practical guide to planning, starting and finishing a novel
“I get a bit nervous because I just want the show to go well. I think you always have to be a little bit nervous, or else you're a little checked-out, and that's maybe the time when you're not doing your best stuff, because you're kind of just checked-out and falling back on stuff.” ThinkingWantWellsKindLittlesShowsFallStuffBitsLittle BitNervousDoing Your Best Author:Amy Poehler
“I think women are usually a little bit nervous about wearing white denim. There are rules associated, body issues, all of those things.” ThinkingLittlesBodyBitsWhiteIssuesLittle BitNervousDenimWearing White Author:Brad Goreski
“I tend to get very nervous before the first races of the year. It takes you a bit of time to get into the season.” YearsFirstsBitsRaceSeasonsNervous Author:Alistair Brownlee
“Any young boy can nowadays explain human flight - mechanistically: " ... and to climb you shove the throttle all the way forward and pull back just a little on the stick. ... " One might as well explain music by saying that the further over to the right you hit the piano the higher it will sound. The makings of a flight are not in the levers, wheels, and pedals but in the nervous system of the pilot: physical sensations, bits of textbook, deep-rooted instincts, burnt-child memories of trouble aloft, hangar talk.” WayHumansWellsChildrenLittlesMightYoungBitsSoundMemoriesBoysTroubleHigherSticksInstinctFlightNervousPianoWheelsClimbsAviationSensationsPilotsRootedTextbooksNervous SystemLeversPedalsWay ForwardThrottle Author:Wolfgang Langewiesche
“For the piano and me it is always a blind date! I meet different pianos every single day. I can't take my piano with me like a bassist can take his instrument. So whenever I arrive I am a bit nervous to see what kind of piano is waiting for me.” KindI CanDifferentBitsWaitingInstrumentsBlindNervousPianoBlind DateBassists Author:Hiromi
“You always get nervous on stage because when you get up there, you want to do great. The crowd has you pumped up so there are always a little bit of butterflies. That's all part of it. But as far as getting stage fright, clamming up there, not generally, I just enjoy it on stage and have a great time.” WantLittlesBitsEnjoyStageLittle BitCrowdsNervousGet UpButterflyGreat TimesFrightStage Fright Author:Easton Corbin