"There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.'"
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The phrase “certain pressures and things” stays deliberately vague, which is its own tell. Celebrities rarely get to name the pressure cleanly without turning it into a headline. So the sentence skirts specifics while still communicating the exhausting totality of being watched, expected, and processed. “Constantly goes on” implies the real burden isn’t one catastrophic event; it’s the ongoing background computation: Am I safe? Am I still myself? Is this worth it?
“Maybe I should just leave” hits because it’s modestly phrased, almost polite, like a reasonable option on a dropdown menu. That understatement is the point: the impulse to disappear isn’t melodramatic; it’s managerial. In the context of an actor whose fame became globally defining, the line gestures at the psychological toll of being permanently associated with a role, a decade, a meme. Schwimmer isn’t selling tragedy. He’s describing the quiet math of endurance, and how even a successful life can start to feel like a bad deal you’re contractually stuck renewing.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Schwimmer, David. (2026, January 16). There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.'. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-are-certain-pressures-and-things-that-118322/
Chicago Style
Schwimmer, David. "There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.'." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-are-certain-pressures-and-things-that-118322/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.'." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-are-certain-pressures-and-things-that-118322/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.





