Simon Helberg Quotes

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

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

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.

There's times where you think, 'Gosh, what if nobody ever wants to hear what I have to say?'

I always felt like a fraud.

I'm always super scared of feeling like a fake.

If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.

This weird thing that musicians have... it's got something to do with approval, and not feeling good enough, and therefore going out and being great somehow makes your life valid.

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

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

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

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

I wasted years worrying about what other people thought.

I worry a lot about what people think. I worry people think I'm not helping them enough, that they don't like my music, that I'm playing a song too fast or talking too fast. I worry my wife isn't happy with our relationship... I'm afraid somebody's going to take my career away from me. That it's going to go away, or I'm going to get fired.

I am insecure about tomorrow. Will I get another job? Will it be appreciated? I will pursue acting for as long as I have a face and body that is acceptable to the people, but I still worry that if I don't do better tomorrow, it will all go away.

Half of my anxiety is about whether people are going to like me.

We're so insecure, comedians. 'Did you laugh? Do you think I was funny?'

I doubted myself for a long time.

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

I am very self-doubting; it has come out of experience.

What makes anyone think that I'm any good?

I am an insecure person. I have my own insecurities about lots of things, but I am pretty secure as an actor.

I think most actors will say they always feel like they'll never work again.

Despite my career, so much of my life has been dictated by what I'm afraid of: fear that I am not talented. Fear that people will finally realize that I am a boring individual who doesn't have many ambitions beyond starting a family 'at a good time' in life.