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Headaches Quotes

The headaches behind the performance.

These quotes push back on the idea that entertainers are somehow exempt from ordinary pain, describing headaches and migraines hidden behind a stage performance or a film critic's job.

I remember the early 1980s, when I first got one of these fabulous film critic jobs. The downside was sitting through 'Splatteria III: The Dismembering of the Clampett Clan' or 'The Oklahoma Meatgrinder Massacre' or some such. The headaches unleashed...

Quotes by Stephen Hunter

I've helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It's a powerful example of love that really works.

Quotes by Shelley Long

I have throbbing headaches about a lot of things, and Howard Stern isn't one of them.

Quotes by Robert Greenblatt

I've never had the 'I'm going to throw up' feeling in the ring, but I do get headaches after I wrestle if I don't eat.

Quotes by Ricochet

Discomfort Quotes

Hiding my migraines on the set may have been my toughest challenge as an actor. There were times when the pain from migraine headaches was so severe that I literally had to crawl across my dressing room floor. But I...

Quotes by Morgan Fairchild

Every time I turn on the TV, it infuriates me. You'll see an ad for Advil or Viagra and hear some monotonous voice warn you about even the smaller side effects like headaches or nausea. When you see a tampon...

Quotes by Lauren Wasser

People never think of entertainers as being human. When you walk out on stage, the audience think, 'Nothing can go wrong with them.' We get sick and we have headaches just like they do. When we are cut, we bleed.

Quotes by Karen Carpenter

One of the headaches of high-tech test programmes is having to debug the test arrangements before you can start debugging the things you're trying to test.

Quotes by Henry Spencer

If you do not feel equal to the headaches that psychiatry induces, you are in the wrong business. It is work - work the like of which I do not know.

Quotes by Harry Stack Sullivan

Emotion Quotes

Those other 10 o'clock shows that come on, all you get from them is headaches and nightmares when you go to bed! At least we give you food, know what I mean?

Quotes by Emeril Lagasse

I literally couldn't walk down the street; I slept for 16 hours a day, was in chronic pain, had blackouts, never-ending heart palpitations, unbearable stomach issues, constant headaches - the list goes on.

Quotes by Ella Woodward

There was every reason to honestly say that 3D was a gimmick. And it's largely true. And it's largely pretty bad. When you put a filter in front of the projector, and you put on your glasses and cut the...

Quotes by Douglas Trumbull

After my first week of no wheat, my stomachaches were gone, my mucous cleared up, and I felt incredibly energetic. My headaches were also less frequent and less severe, and I had lost 3 pounds, most of it swelling and...

Quotes by Daphne Oz

I have horrible headaches three or four times a week easily. I get really dizzy in the heat; my headaches are worse in the heat when I'm working and stuff.

Quotes by Brady Jandreau

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the shared idea in these headaches quotes?
Several make the same point from different angles, that performers and public figures deal with real physical pain, including migraines, that audiences rarely see.
Why do people search for headaches quotes?
Often for content about chronic pain, migraines, or the gap between a public performance and what's happening behind it, since these quotes speak to Discomfort directly.
Is there a quote about hiding a migraine while performing?
Yes, one actor calls hiding migraines on set their toughest challenge, describing crawling across a dressing room floor during particularly severe episodes rather than letting it show.
Do any quotes mention headaches from an unusual job?
One describes headaches that came from an early film critic job, sitting through low-budget horror films as part of the daily grind.
Is there a quote about relieving headaches without medicine?
Yes, one describes helping people with headaches and backaches by placing a hand on their forehead or back, framing it as an act of love rather than a medical claim.

One entertainer describes crawling across a dressing room floor during a severe migraine, hidden from the audience entirely. For more, see our Health quotes.