Olivia Colman Quotes

I don't feel secure at all. I don't know what actor would feel they've made it. I feel like I'm just starting.

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

When you're fearful, you stumble.

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

I think I'm nervous to sign on to any job.

It always amazed me - it still does - that people offer me work. And when the theater was my basic bread and butter, every time a show finished, I was convinced I would never work again.

Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.

Did you ever get fed up?' I said. 'I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?

Henry Fonda one time said that every time he had a job, he thought it was gonna' be the last one. And, if you got any sense, you gotta' think that because, you know when somebody's gonna do a dip, some of 'em go pretty far down.

It's always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don't know if I'm good enough to have a long career. I've got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense.

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

I think every writer doubts themselves, every day. You procrastinate because you're afraid. You're always afraid it's not going to be as good as you want it to be. But, the key is overcoming fear.

My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.

Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing.

Whenever things are good, I always worry about what could go wrong.

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

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.

The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.

You aren't sure if you're making the right decision - about anything, ever.

When I first started with 'Twilight,' I didn't have any experience. I didn't know what I was doing. So I was pretty intimidated by the editors and the publishers, and I felt like I was a kid in school with the principal telling me what to do! It was hard for me.

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

When my book was first sent out to publishers, my agent told me to buy a lot of ice-cream and wait. So I bought a gigantic amount of ice-cream, and huddled by the freezer eating it and shaking, hoping someone would like it.