Ali Fazal Quotes

I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I get comedy indigestion. I just hate anybody else being funny. That's my job.

I'm often reading a magazine and hearing about someone's new record, and I think, 'Oh, boy, that's gonna be better than me.' It's a very common thing.

I'm an actor; I have an ego that is sometimes disproportionate to the reality of the situation.

Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.

Actors in general have some place in them that can be sensitive and easily damaged: not damaged in a bad way, but insecurity, because that's what it breeds, especially in females and female-lead types.

I wouldn't date an actress. There's only room for one actor in my life and I'm it. Too difficult. On the one hand, they understand the job. But on the other hand, it's very competitive within the relationship. Two actors, say one becomes a mega-star and the other doesn't.

I don't like other actors much. The industry tends to attract insecure, needy people.

I need an audience way more than an audience needs me.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.

Actors are such an insecure breed.

All actors are incredibly insecure.

Sometimes I have a tough time getting along with myself. When I was a child, I needed a lot of attention... and I don't have a small ego. For me, appearing on a stage or presenting a cake is the same thing. You need a crowd around you to do it.

Whenever you hear somebody else is auditioning for something, you sort of assume they're going to get it. You should try to just ignore it.

Why would anyone be an actor if he or she weren't insecure? That's why anybody pursues this kind of work.

I am not a natural show-off. Some of the monster comedians are terrifyingly assured, and I don't have that, and that's held me back.

I'm always the one sitting at the merch table and talking to everyone at the show - and I think it's because I have this deep fear that if I'm not approachable or I'm not there, people are going to think I'm a brat.

I don't think anybody becomes an actor to serve theatre or to serve art anywhere. We all become actors because we are insecure people who want to be looked at. That was the reason I became an actor.

I have been that actor who's watched peers and thought, 'God, they're doing well. I'll never get there.'

The minute I stop singing, I'm back to being shy. I'm soft-spoken because I never really talked to people. I didn't learn to do it.

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

There's me and then there's you, and you aren't ever going to be as good as me, Sweet Thing." Ranger

The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.

You always envy someone else's life and, as a woman, you're always comparing your life to someone else's life.

The proud hate pride in others.