Quotes About Confidence

Sometimes you fall into the niche of being the confidant guy, or the good-looking guy, or being too charactery, or not charactery enough.

Nick hasn't seen me naked - I'm not a person who's constantly flinging my clothes aside and strutting about.

It's always nice to get a call-up when in decent nick as you can have that confidence coming into the game. It's what county cricket should do.

I'm grounded in who I am, and I am a confident black man. A confident, Nigerian, black, chocolate man. I'm proud of my heritage, and no man can take that away from me.

Dressing up for the gym is just as important as dressing up for a night out! It makes you feel motivated; if you feel you look good, then you feel good.

When I go out, I'm not going out to find a man; I'm going out to dance the night away with my best friends.

Insecurity is very common among actors. When I started giving interviews and talking to people that I didn't know, it was a nightmare. I've learned how to deal with interviews and insecurity; I've gotten used to it.

The party life that had once given me so much confidence and comfort had turned into a nightmare where I never felt more alone.

You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares.

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

You have to keep shooting, even on tough shooting nights. You have to believe the next shot is going in.

I would go to open-mic nights and realize that I was not near as bad as half the people.

On 'Mr. Robot,' because I run the writers' room and know every decision behind every line of dialogue, I'm able to be nimble and adapt with the scripts and the moments. I never have to question what I'm doing as I'm directing the actors or going through the scenes.

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old.

I looked around one stage school when I was maybe nine. It just scared the bejesus out of me. I was incredibly open, and the girls seemed fierce and determined.

Ever since I was maybe nine or 10 years old, I'd say, 'I'm gonna be an actor, and I'm gonna go to Julliard, and I'm gonna be in movies.' My parents never said, 'What's your backup plan?'

I had just started ninth grade when I got my acne. And I had braces. I wouldn't look people in the eye. It was not a good time for me - it just killed my self-esteem. I thought when I didn't look at someone, they couldn't see my face.

I am quite comfortable doing a fashion shoot in a bikini. It's no big deal. But on the film's set, with a hundred people milling around, I got nervous.

I have no boundaries. I have nothing to hide.

I have no business carrying myself like some diva.

Hateful words stand no chance against self-worth and a little of humor.

No fighter will ever get under my skin. There's no chance of that happening. I've been in this game for far too long to fall for that.

When you go against the best... a lot of series are won on fear factor or the non-belief. When you have that non-belief, then you have no chance.

Tyron Woodley can't top me, and Demian Maia has no chance to stop me.