Quotes About Insecurity

My awkward stage extended well into high school.

I cut off my curls and got hair extensions because I felt they made me look more acceptable - more white. I just wasn't very comfortable being a mixed-race woman.

Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.

I moved around so much when I was younger that I sort of had to have this type of exterior; you know, I was afraid of getting hurt.

But I don't have any eyebrows.

I went to school in the Bronx. I learned to constantly try to cover up the fact that I was gay. That facade of being somebody I'm really not just to protect myself definitely helped with acting.

While growing up I faced criticism not on the basis of gender but on my appearance. I was bullied and body-shamed.

No one's ever told me I needed to get a facelift or anything.

I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect.

With social media especially, there's a lot of image issues that everyone faces because there's so much pressure on us.

At times, I felt bad because while giving a shot, I would just forget facing the camera, or knowing the right angle.

I'm afraid to fail again.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

I'm really scared of failing.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

My biggest fear, the only fear that I have is failing. I hate to fail at anything that I do and that's really my only fear in life, to be a failure.

I'm scared of failing. I'm scared to lose.

I have a fear of failure, letting someone down, contradicting myself.

I'm Armenian, but I'm very fair and I look white... I would always get such hate about it.

I'm somebody who hasn't really felt fairly confident in my own life.

I remember being chronically shy. I came out of my shell a bit when I went to university, but I'm still fairly shy in company.

I always felt like I was kind of faking it. I wasn't sure how to create a character. I wasn't sure how to carry a 20-episode show.

'Faking It' was hard for me to let go of because I knew how many kids it helped.