Zawe Ashton Quotes

I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.

I was shy talking about certain things, and I was shy with being honest because I didn't want people to judge me talking about fatherhood and how somebody should have my child around me.

I worry about not being able to be myself day to day. But I know people way more famous than me who have been able to do that.

Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK.

When you're hiding behind a character all the time, as soon as you have to be yourself, you feel kind of terrified.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

I just want girls to realize, everybody's born a way for a reason, and you are who you are. You should just be yourself at all times. The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

I have my share of insecurities, hopes and fears.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I was afraid to express myself for a while.

When I was younger, I was afraid to be myself.

I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.

Don't let that nagging fear - that feeling that being different automatically qualifies you as being wrong - eat away at you.

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

You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others.

I'm clearly doing what I want. I hope kids can see my act and feel like they can be slightly more comfortable in their own skin because I'm being so ridiculously comfortable in mine. I'm not that comfortable in my skin the moment I walk offstage. But I try to project that while I'm on it.

You don't realize you're vying for the approval of everyone so much until being yourself is not approved of.

That was the biggest fear for me - being seen without my straight hair, my makeup or fake tan, being seen without my armour on. That terrified me.

I was not happy with myself as a human being when I was very young - I was afraid of people; I was afraid of talking, I didn't know how to express myself other than by being on stage.

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

Seeking approval and people pleasing forces you to alter your actions and speech to no longer reflect what you actually think or feel.

I don't care about me being vulnerable or embarrassing situations.

If I have to change for a character, I need really logical reasons to look a certain way. Otherwise, I have finally cracked the code in being comfortable in my own skin regardless of what's fed to you of how you must look.

I just don't want to be seen as a strong person.