Ethan Hawke Quotes

One gets a bit picky after having the success of something like 'FlashForward!'

Quality. That's the key. Everything I do, I want it to have that stamp that people like Jay Z, for instance, have on all the things they touch.

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

If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.

For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm not a great man for doing something just because it's Irish, and you never know what's going to work. But as long as we keep the standards up, people will continue to invest in films. It's as simple as that.

It's all about perfection, isn't it?

We simply must do better.

The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because you end up raising your audience's expectations.

It is difficult to meet fan expectations, especially when people say, 'Oh, the last one was the best one.' It creates more pressure each time for the next game to top the last one.

Of course it's not a normal thing to show a good performance every time.

My biggest worry is that we have to keep making good music, and I want to do well, but I wonder if I will be able to.

Neil and I share a desire for great quality in our work. If we are offered projects, look at projects, or consider projects that don't have that quality, then we don't do them.

Each time when my films get released, people always compare it with my debut film 'Parutthiveeran' and comment that nothing comes near that flick.

It's tough to make a sequel that stands up to the original especially one that has, over the course of time, become a bit of a cult favorite.

For me, there's a lot of expectations and you want to be able to live up to them.

Don't thank me,' Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. 'Impress me!

I think we need to find somebody that can meet that standard.

At some clubs success is accidental. At Arsenal it is compulsory.

All the great players you ask always expect greatness.

Anything other than a gold medal will be disappointing.

I've said before that when you win, people think it's so easy, but it's not so easy to handle it, and probably I expect myself to always play so good.

What's demanded from us black creatives is both a blessing and a curse, because it pushes you to be your absolute best. You cannot be anything less.

In fashion, there's huge pressure to produce results in no time. But you cannot guarantee numbers, because fashion gravitates around desire.

It was nice to have success in the SheBelieves Cup, but that just brings more pressure.