Bobby Darin Quotes

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.

Sometimes I may come off like I know what I'm doing or I'm confident, but I'm not always.

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not.

You see, every day, that the people who are seemingly so confident and seemingly so in love with themselves are the ones who are the most insecure and hurting the most inside.

I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

I'm really insecure about everything.

I suppose I'd always been attracted to commitment-phobes because some part of me felt unlovable. It was a lot easier to fall for a guy who I knew, on some level, wouldn't fall in love with me. There was nothing to risk. The real risk would be to finally be vulnerable to love.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

When you're an insecure teenager, you build walls and defenses and masks, and those are incredibly satisfying to perform and chip away at. I mean, when I was an insecure teenager, you'd have had no idea what I was insecure about because I hid it so well. Only confident people are comfortable wearing their vulnerabilities on their sleeve.

I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.

I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not that person. In the first instance, when a record company said to me, do you want to try and make your record, my first reaction was, no, I'm not worthy - I couldn't possibly, and so on and so forth.

Men trust a great man because they do not trust themselves. And hence the worship of great men always appears in times of weakness and cowardice; we never hear of great men until the time when all other men are small.

If it's about work or sports or politics or women, we have no problem sharing our opinions, but if it's about our insecurities or our struggles, our fear of failure, then it's almost like we become paralyzed.

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

We all have insecurities, but some of us are better at covering them up.

I have had a lot of crushes but have never had the courage to go up to a girl and say what I feel. I am scared of rejection.

Too many men are afraid of being fools.

The hallmark of insecurity is bravado.

I've never felt invincible. I've never used that word to describe me ever.

I think anybody with an insecurity, which is everyone, appreciates the fact that it's much easier to be a predator than it is to be prey.

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.