“The whole trick is to make it feel like you're spying on real people's lives as they get through the day. When I'm writing, I have to trick myself as a writer. If I consciously say, 'I'm writing,' I feel all this pressure and somehow it doesn't feel as real as when it doesn't seem to count as much.” PeopleIfsFeelsWritingRealWholeSeemsLike YouPressureTricks Author:David O. Russell
“In MMA it’s a lot less intimidating because it’s not like you get one shot at a title every four years. You get a title shot every couple of months ... With the Olympics, you don’t always have this, so there is so much more pressure involved.” YearsFourLike YouMonthsCoupleInvolvedShotsPressureTitlesMmaFour YearsOlympicsIntimidating Author:Ronda Rousey
“I don't feel any pressure at all because I don't care. That's an occupational hazard... but if you're doing anything of any worth, and not doing something that's safe and anodyne and trying to be populist and a national treasure, then you've got to assume that as many people hate what you do - and you - as like what you do and like you.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingCareHateLike YouSafePressureAssumingDon't CareTreasureI Don't CareHazardsPopulistNational TreasureOccupational Hazards Author:Ricky Gervais
“When it is perceived that a show has gone awry, the pressure is staggering, and as a writer caught in that storm, it feels like you are being attacked by jackals.” FeelsShowsGoneLike YouPressureCaughtStormStaggeringJackals Author:Steven Bochco
“One of the reasons I always looked up to [George] Carlin is he looked like your grandfather but, acted like your best friend. Most of the adults in my world were adults and acted like adults and had job-type jobs and bills and pressures and stopped playing a long time ago. And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. It was odd because he was still sagely and wise. But he was such a role model for me.” WorldLongStillsReasonJobsGuyRolesWiseLike YouTypeLong TimeModelsAdultsPressureBillsOddRole ModelsGrandfatherLong Time AgoYour Best Friend Author:Kevin Smith
“I felt a combination of happiness and humility [ to People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People ]. At the same time there's a lot of pressure, because people can approach you whose intentions aren't in the best place, and they can say things that are very hurtful. And on one of those days when you wake up and you just go and get your coffee without worrying about looking your best, you make yourself vulnerable to someone who'd say something like, "You look awful for being on the Top 100 list."” PeopleLooksBeautifulFeltWorryHumilityLike YouApproachWake UpPressureIntentionListsCoffeeMagazinesVulnerableAwfulCombinationHurtfulBeautiful PeopleBest PlaceTop 100One Of Those Days Author:Zoe Saldana
“Many kids only think about the present moment and don't realize that they are creating a digital footprint, which will follow you forever! You have to be careful about what you put on the Internet. It can even prevent you from getting a job! Other kids... especially girls... give in to peer pressure and take racy photos for boys because they think it will make the boy like them more. This NEVER works. Girls, let him like you with your clothes on.” ThinkingGivingMomentsKidsJobsGirlRealizingBoysForeverLike YouInternetCreatingClothesPressureCarefulDigitalPresent MomentBe CarefulPeersFootprintPeer Pressure Author:Tyra Banks
“Inter-racial sex is probably some of the best sex on the planet. You know what that is? Because with inter-racial sex there's like this whole added pressure to perform. 'Cause it's kinda like you're not just humping for yourself. You're humping for your race. You got to represent your people.” PeopleKnowsWholeSexCausesRacePlanetsLike YouPressure Author:Bill Burr
“Jews took it very seriously to marry other Jews and repopulate the Jewish bloodline, and my father's generation gets very serious in my household when they're like, "You have to marry another Jew," because that's still kind of the mentality coming from the baby boomers. So I know that type of pressure.” KnowsKindStillsFatherGenerationsSeriousLike YouBabyTypePressureJewMentalityHouseholdBoomersBaby BoomerBloodline Author:Logan Lerman
“I put a lot of pressure on myself early in my life, like, "You have to be perfect; you can't do anything." You basically can't show any emotion and speak up. And then I realized that I have to live my life for myself.” ShowsSpeakPerfectEmotionLike YouPressureI RealizedLiving My Life Author:Rowan Blanchard