I usually have a drink before a carpet because I find them really nerve-racking. Usually a tequila. An upper!
We know what it's like to audition as kids and how nerve-racking it is.
Some of us find 'relaxing' to be, in itself, nerve-racking. If we aren't doing something useful or, at least, that seems useful, we feel guilty, impatient, and mortal.
People expect you to get golds and it puts so much more pressure on you and if you don't it's like you have let yourself down. It is nerve-racking.
Auditioning is so nerve-racking.
Changes in my personal life are nerve-racking for me.
Auditioning is one of the most nerve-racking things you could ever do, but you have to be so focused that you don't tic.
It's always nerve-racking, showing your parents things you've been working on.
Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.
The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.
Cocktail parties for me can be nerve-racking. The brevity of conversations, the number of them - it's not my sweet spot.
The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time.
Doing a remake of an iconic song is always nerve-racking because you never know if you can actually do justice to it.
Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking.
As the Bachelor, all eyes are on you. It's certainly nerve-racking. The process was as hard as I thought it would be - a lot of highs and lows.
Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.