Chris Rock Quotes

In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked.

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure.

I just don't want to fail, to be honest.

We're not very confident performers, and if we don't get a laugh we get insecure.

There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

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

I'm usually convinced that what I'm working on is a total disaster.

Acting scares me.

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.

There's an insecure part of me that comes out of me, I get nervous. I don't know why, I wish I could overcome it because it gives me an anxiety feeling.

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.

People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before.

My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.'

Life is shining a light through a magnifying glass on me, looking for me to stumble. I think that's my biggest fear.

Sometimes you can doubt your own abilities to do certain things. We get nervous, we get stuck, or we're not sure if we can live up to what we want to do.

If I'm not nervous, if I don't have at least a little bit of the same self-doubt and anxious feelings I had when I started playing, then it will be time for me to go on. I must have that tension.

It's daunting doing something you haven't done before - you feel silly; you feel like a bit of an idiot.

I'm just propelled by insecurity; that's what really leads me to want to do better.