Quotes About Self-doubt

I barely ever reread the chapter before posting, because I overthink things, and I feel like overediting or trying to use too many words can ruin the story.

I remember an interview so terrible with CNN's Jon Klein, I nearly blurted out, 'Forget it, I am a loser!' But I didn't need to say it. My face and posture did.

Sometimes I just go, 'Is it me? Am I really just not that likeable?' The cool thing is, when you go out there and see a lady get mad or a guy get mad, or they hate you because you didn't come from the independents, or whatever, what I like to do is just pour kerosene on that fire.

I made the mistake of pouring my entire identity into one single dream and convincing myself that I was not capable of anything else or creating any other dream.

I always considered myself the world's worst actress.

I feel like that's one of my problems; I feel like I'm not consistent enough.

When your name is out there in the media, you're thinking like, this can be my last game. Coming from Europe, it's different. You sign a contract and you don't leave until your contract is done.

I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.

Everybody saying you can't do this, you can't do that. I don't know why. Guess if you listen to it, you can convince yourself of it.

When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.

I was a bar-back, which is the person who cleans the bathrooms at the end of the night in the bar, and a cook. I had kind of given up. I was into backing other people up. Music was something I just did on the side and I don't think I had the energy to pimp myself out, like call people up and ask them to book me to play.

I feel like I didn't really know how to cope with not playing well.

Ive actually developed a well of confidence. But would I apply for the 'Financial Times' economics correspondent? No, I would feel I wasnt up there.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.

My cousin Dwayne was really the first person who was like, 'You're funny, man!' I was like, 'OK, sure.'

When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.

When I first started acting, I was just crap.

Personally, I have nothing to fall back on, and that creates a weird ambition that you have to be good at acting because you can't be good at anything else. I wish I had gone for my degree - that acting wasn't this be-all-and-end-all.

Just because I make something doesn't mean that it's going to be amazing, and most creative people don't like to admit when their music is just okay.

I don't think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.

The reality is almost everything I do I cringe about later.

I'm as crippled with doubt as the next actor.

I'm my own worst critic.

Sometimes you're your own worst critic.