The dreaded phrase in design circles is 'show and tell.'
The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'.
In my first few years as an actor, I took one terrible TV job after another. But even as I laughed off my awful roles and made fun of myself to friends, my work made me cringe - I dreaded anyone's seeing it. I was crushed that I wasn't doing anything I was proud of.
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded.
In my memoir, I admit that I've been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when 'Passages' was published, I so dreaded bad reviews that I ran away to Italy with a girlfriend and our children to hide out.
Looking back, I realise it wasn't only gym I dreaded at school. Every class was a torment. It wasn't knowledge I objected to but instruction. Why couldn't they just tell us what books to read and leave us to get on and read them?
I've always dreaded the sea - in fact, I get terribly seasick.
I dreaded the dance scene in 'Love Actually' more than having my teeth extracted.
I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.
