Quotes About Self-doubt

I don't know how I ever built a career, really, because I have always been absolutely terrible at auditions.

I never had that star aura.

Whenever someone asks for my autograph, I still think, 'Do you really want it?'

People ask me for autographs now and I think to myself: 'Are you sure?'

I have days when I just feel I look like a dog.

I always doubted myself. I doubted the way I looked, my body, my voice - everything.

I can't stand being doubted.

My personality is a personality where I get really, really nervous and doubtful about almost everything, which is always a work in progress to build up my confidence a little bit more.

You are what you think. I really believe that. And I don't think you ever stop doubting yourself.

If you're a writer, you're constantly doubting yourself.

I think every girl always has doubts about her body.

I've had doubts at every stage of my career.

I always thought that fans would always turn away from me whenever they find more attractive actresses or dramas.

I've been into lots of auditions, and I'm sure I've lost a lot of jobs through that because I'm pretty dreadful at reading.

I think I can do things better than other people, which is dreadful.

It's very nerve-wracking dressing someone because you obviously do everything you can to get them to be interested in something you've done, and then you hear they're wearing it, and then, obviously, they're going to step out in it, and you want to know that it's all going to work and what everybody's going to say about it.

I think - actually, I know - that I am, without a doubt, the world's worst drummer.

At one point, I had lost my confidence as an actor, and working again was tough. I started stammering due to lack of confidence. It took time, but things became better.

God knows I tried to make it earlier in life, but with all due respect to myself, nothing I ever did was any good.

I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or belief that I could earn a living that way, so I never took myself seriously.

I always had this ego where if I ever wanted to come back to doing rap, I could do that. That was not true. I would get stuck, I would be in a room and someone would ask me for something and I didn't have it.

Eleven years of acting it has been for me, and I still sometimes think I am not cut out for this. I hate the people-pleasing that goes with it, and the stupid politics, but that is with every kind of work and job.

I see myself as a power puncher, but for some reason, I can never sell myself that I'm one of the elite.

I think my worst enemy was myself. It's like I've been in my own way more than anybody else has been.