Quotes About Insecurity

Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry.

For most actors, it's such a struggle to get work. Once they have it, they feel that there's an enormous amount of pressure on them to make it work, and have everyone love them.

Your best work always seems to have been done by someone else.

I often think, no one wants to read this. No one wants to hear this. My own work makes me cringe sometimes, cringe in a "there's nothing I can do because it had to come out like this" kind of way.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think.

Most of my career I've spent really nervous. Just about work, getting work and having it in.

Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.

I did say I don't feel as worthy as so many of the recipients ... He said he'd seen some of my work, which is amazing, and was a fan of Gavin and Stacey.

people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.

I have a bad time between jobs because I'm always convinced I'll never work again. I think it may be an English thing, this fear of unemployment.

I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you've built.

I always get scared doing a job. To this day, I start every job thinking, I really can't do this. And what I do when I'm insecure is I tighten up. If you work through the night you can do anything.

I don't associate work with feelings of satisfaction. Rather, guilt, frustration, and resentment of people who write better than I do.

I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

I'm terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you've written something that doesn't work, it's a tough pill to swallow.

I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.

Every work has the bad side, and people will be mean to you, and when you're young, you don't know how to defend yourself.

Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life .

I feel vulnerable when I am underprepared. This applies to underpreparedness with just about anything, especially work.

The surface of American life looks smooth, prosperous, peaceful. But underneath, fault-line shifts in family and work life have led us into what some have called 'advanced insecurity.

I blush to think of her beholding my work," Verl confessed. So do we," Newel assured him.

I've been out of work so many times in my life that relying too much on just one job is terrifying.

Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.