Lauren Mayberry Quotes

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.

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter. I think a lot of actors are.

I lost my confidence.

Self-doubt kills talent.

All artists have insecurity.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.'

I doubt myself for sure. Sometimes it gets that bad when you can't find a rhythm.

I had a crisis of confidence and ran away from being a standup for a while.

I doubted myself for a long time.

The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.

Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.

Probably the biggest challenge for me as a director was to not show how scared I was. I was surrounded by some of the most talented people in the industry, and I had to pretend I knew what I was doing.

I have many moments of self doubt. Everybody does.

I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.

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

Every woman has... self doubt.

You still get these waves of doubt that come over you, for example, when you get a bad review or you accept a part and think, 'Oh, God, what have I just accepted? I can't do that.' I don't think that's something that will ever go away in me.

I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write.

To the timid soul, nothing is possible.