Quotes About Insecurity

I definitely have had a couple of years where I've been working constantly, but it never goes away, that worry that you'll never work again. It's a funny job. It never gets easier. Rejection never gets easier.

I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection.

I'd read a lot about the psychology around rejection and insecurity, and I had noticed that when people feel insecure or rejected, they behave aggressively, erratically. Especially when you can hide behind a screen name or a profile picture.

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.

My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.

You can't be afraid of rejection. That was one of my problems when I was approaching girls: I was always afraid of what they were going to say to me.

I had this fear of rejection. I had this inner unworthiness.

Why did the rejection of the modelling industry get to me so much? I think the answer is that these rejections were based on how I looked and I had always prided myself on a healthy amount of self-confidence which I was now rapidly losing.

I think audiences can relate to the guys I'm playing, those large-and-in-charge idiots. Or maybe I just make them feel better about who they are, or who they're dating.

I relate to Michael Keaton's character in 'Birdman' so much, how he has that voice being so mean and then another boosting his confidence.

I think everyone has shame about something, whether it's a lack of a relationship with a child or maybe their weight or a lack of communication within their marriage. Everyone can relate to that because we all have something that we're like, 'God, I can work on that,' or, 'I wish I was better at doing this.'

When people say I look intimidating, it's hard for me to relate to. I hear that a lot. I don't know why.

I had no problem relating to Peter Parker. He feels like he might be in way over his head but is desperate to prove himself.

It's my nature to run from relationships, because I have never seen a good one.

There is such insecurity in loving that we see all the pros and cons and then decide how much we want to invest in relationships.

When I told my parents that I wanted to be an actor, they were like, 'How can you be an actor? You have to go out and interact with people! You hardly talk to our relatives!'

I didn't feel like I fitted in. I felt like I was a hindrance to A-ha.

When you're 12, you have no gauge for what's hip or not hip - or even who you are.

I got my boobs done because I wanted to even out my lower half, and I thought that would take the focus away from my hips.

If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?

I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.

The minute you get cast, you worry they've made the most terrible mistake. There's a really awkward stage between being hired and doing the job when it doesn't feel real.

If I were FX, I wouldn't have hired me.

I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.