James Marsden Quotes

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

If you're the star of a show, the next one has to be as good or better, and if you're doing a series, if anything goes wrong, it's your fault. There's nobody else to blame.

You are always having to prove something in football whether you are flying or not.

Everybody's expecting a lot from me.

For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

I think maybe in a way it gets worse because you come in with a real reputation and they've paid you lots of money and all that.

There is something wonderful about turning up every day and knowing that not just the character but the whole movie kind of rests on your shoulders. And there's great satisfaction when you think it's going well and then real terror when you think it's not.

I think when you're doing a lead role, there is so much more pressure. If you fail, not only do you fail, but everybody else fails, too. As opposed to when it's a supporting role and it's only you that sucked.

Pressure makes me produce. Kills most guys. Mortifies 'em.

I'm always looking to the next thing. There are always hurdles, whether it's the White House dinner or hosting charity events or that night's show: Until they're over, I worry, then I move right on to the next thing. It's hard for me to enjoy the moment. I'm just thinking about not failing.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

People who come to see me have expectations. If I don't live up to those expectations, I'd be a failure.

When the audience expects you to do a good job, you become more choosy. It becomes a responsibility.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

Obviously, making my debut at such a young age, people put a lot of pressure on you.

When I step up to that penalty spot, I know the consequences. They're the same whether I miss the first, second, third - or the 10th - it will be the same.

If you win a game, everyone is happy, and if you lose, everyone is watching you.

With United the spotlight is always on and there's always going to be that pressure, no matter what the game is.

The expectations are high, so we know: If we do not meet them, there is criticism. We have high expectations ourselves. We are not happy with fourth, third, or second, either.

Getting a casting means that a lot of people have put a lot of faith in you and your abilities, and you constantly think 'I hope I don't let them down.'

If there is ever one thing you learn as a professional footballer, you have a lot of critics and you have the chance to silence your critics.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

I think pressure exists in a situation only when you are unsure of your talent and people are expecting a lot from you due to your lineage.