Quotes About Self-doubt

Even if I wrote 'The Kay Cannon Show,' I would have to audition to play Kay Cannon. And I probably wouldn't get it.

I don't know anyone who hasn't woken up one morning, one day in their life and wish they were someone else, or wish they could do something or wish they were capable of something.

I don't feel like I'm an artist with a capital 'A.'

A top 100 single was never on the cards for me, really, like in my own head.

Eventually I lost the idea that I could have a career. I thought I was too old.

All the little things you nitpick in your head, nobody really cares that much outside your head.

I always wonder why people cast me in anything.

I'm a confident person next to the guy in the street, but if you go into the showbiz world, it seems the guys who are most successful are the most confident, and I don't think I fit into that category.

I don't want to be too cool. You get so caught up with whether you're doing it right.

For people who have done comedy after a certain point in time, I think there's a base level of, 'O.K., I think I'm decently funny.' But unless you just have some massive ego, I really think you're still fighting against that.

I put a lot of pressure on myself to play a certain way.

I never played in a European Championship. I wasn't good enough.

With 'Atonement,' I put a lot of pressure on myself, and then I made an advert for Chanel, which 'broke the camel's back' emotionally.

When I first started out wrestling in front of 100 people, I thought, 'Chelsea, you're better than this. You should be working in front of thousands!' But I was crazy.

I know now that much of the pressure that resulted in my breakdown was self-imposed. I didn't let myself enjoy the opportunities I was given, choosing instead to doubt myself.

I am always surprised to be chosen by a director for a role because I never understand why they like me.

I always thought I was a writer on the inside, but after a few years of not writing, you can't make that claim anymore.

I am not superhuman, and we all feel insecure at times.

Superstar - I mean, when I think of superstar, I think of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, names like that. I don't know if I can put myself in that category.

Starting out, when I was on pirate radio, or even around 2005 when I was supporting Mike Skinner at Brixton Academy, I never really saw myself being able to play my own show there.

Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.

As a mom, you have all these situations you go through, and you're like, 'What is going on? Is this normal? Is this a phase? Or what is this?' and then you feel silly for asking questions because you think, 'I'm a mom - I'm supposed to know these things,' but you don't.

It's always a long process of trying to suppress the self-doubt on set when you're acting.

Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.