Sean Hayes Quotes

Actors know what actors are insecure about - and they're all insecure.

All actors are incredibly insecure.

Actors are such an insecure breed.

Actors, by very definition, we want people to pay attention to us, and so usually, that comes in the package of insecurity. So if we're not comfortable, we don't really show you a lot.

I can't watch myself on screen without dying a little bit inside. And there are lots of moments when I think, 'What am I doing as an actor? I can't act!'

I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection.

I find that most of us actors can't stand ourselves in any form.

Why would anyone be an actor if he or she weren't insecure? That's why anybody pursues this kind of work.

I always get nervous when I watch what I'm in. Very self-critical.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film.

I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.

Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don't really find that I'd be daunted with taking on roles or anything.

I'd been shy since childhood, constantly full of self-doubt. And as an actor, I'd been so scared of failing that I made my career - and myself - a big joke.

I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.

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

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.

To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.

It's one of those things where if I do a movie, I don't even know if I'm any good. So, I may do one and it sucks and I'm a horrible actor, and I'll never do another one.

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

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

Actors in general have some place in them that can be sensitive and easily damaged: not damaged in a bad way, but insecurity, because that's what it breeds, especially in females and female-lead types.