Quotes About Insecurity

I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.

I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.

I still feel insecure all the time. I feel like it's just a part of being a human being... I just learned normal is very boring.

When my friends started to care about getting girlfriends, I really didn't. I started to think, literally, 'What's wrong with me?' and, 'Why can't I be normal like everybody else?'

Sometimes I think, 'Why couldn't I have been normal?'

I sort of felt like being young was normally written about as being very fun and light-hearted. And I think that's true, but I don't feel like there's a lot of songs about how hard it is when you don't really know who you are or what you want, and you feel like you have to apologize for simply just existing.

I normally don't listen to my instincts because I'm so full of doubt.

I normally don't have that much confidence. I usually am trying to talk to directors out of giving me a job.

If I'd found out that Norman Mailer liked me. I'd have killed myself.

A disability can be anything that you are insecure about, and I teach people that when challenges come your way, you need to face them, you need to embrace these new norms and these challenges, and you need to defy them and conquer them.

My chin's too big. And my nose - my nose is funny.

I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.

There's no great shame in having your nose fixed.

I've hated my nose since I was 13.

I would love to have a nice straight nose, which God never gave me!

It's not fair for little kids to feel bad about themselves for how they look.

I see so many women thinking other women are their enemies - especially when they don't have a job or a guy or whatever. It's like, 'I don't have what I want, and she does, so she must be my enemy.' I find it confusing and not fair and sad.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

I always wanted to be a Broadway girl. But once I got Tony-nominated, it really messed with me, because it was like, yes, I'm getting this affirmation that you're right where you're supposed to be, but there was still this voice saying, 'You're not good enough.'

When I was growing up, I wasn't particularly great at anything. I was in my own world, and my teachers felt I'd never reach my potential. Even in sports, I'd only play team games because I felt I was not good enough to outshine anyone.

I can't do all that riddly diddly stuff. I'm not good enough. It's all about not playing.

I felt like the sample size was right, and my body was wrong. I basically ended up going into battle with my body, and that's a daily battle every time you look in the mirror. Every time you see an image of a successful model or someone who you look up to who doesn't look like you, you think you're not good enough.

Models are some of the most insecure people I've ever met. They're constantly being told they're not good enough. You've really got to practice loving yourself.

I write good songs out of fear... fear of failure. Because if they're not good enough, you feel yourself starting to fall.