Quotes About Insecurity

There's guys that wish they were you, so they hate you for being you. And if you add the fact that you're well-spoken and good-looking... man, I got a lot of people that don't like me.

I'm not good-looking enough, and I don't have the personality it takes to play myself like the big box-office stars.

I hate it when other people think they're better than you because they know your name because they can Google you.

I grew up with gossip mags commenting on how I looked.

Fear has governed my life, if I think about it.

Look, let's be honest. No one is interested in seeing me act. My bare arms, legs, front and back grab more attention than how I perform on screen.

When I was in fifth grade, I got bullied really nastily about my appearance.

I really wanted to be a cartoonist, and I was in 4th or 5th grade and I would bring my drawings in, and I'd look around, and everyone could draw better than me. Everyone. My drawings were just awful. So that's why I had to write.

I had lice in third grade, and my mom shaved all my hair off.

I went from being very popular and the head of the clique in the sixth grade to having, like, kid depression in the seventh grade. Not leaving the house. Not looking people in the eye... My body made me feel bad at everything.

I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible.

I was made fun of for being fat from fourth or fifth grade to eighth grade. That was pretty rough.

When I got outta school, I didn't know what I was gonna do with my life. I knew I didn't have much in the grades department, and so I was very fearful. A whole lot of fear.

When I was younger, I definitely wish I had felt more... I just wish I had started actually putting out my music earlier because I didn't do it until I graduated high school and felt like I was leaving. That's mostly because I have never liked my voice a lot or been like a particularly great singer.

There's a reason why I do anxious characters - it comes from a lot of personal anxiety. The great thing is, having that history, it's really fun to bring that into the characters... and play with it.

My sister was very, very beautiful and I was very not. Doing comedy is the greatest thing ever because you don't have to do that, and I've since learned to let go of that.

I can't think of anybody among the greats who isn't constantly looking at themselves and feeling dissatisfied. You're greedy in this business: always wanting to prove you can do more. I don't ever remember a time when I've said, My God, I've cracked it - this is lovely.

I'm Canadian, and I'm here on a green card, so I feel like what would scare me most is that I would be deported.

I grew up believing I sounded like a boy.

We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.

Girls are scary. Large groups of girls scare the crap out of me.

I didn't grow up beautiful.

Growing up, I didn't feel cool; I didn't fit into any crowd.

Growing up, I was the awkward, chubby kid. I had a few close friends, but I was the first one to be bullied.