John Hensley Quotes

I have many moments of self doubt. Everybody does.

I am not superhuman, and we all feel insecure at times.

All artists have insecurity.

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

I think it's healthy to be insecure, to have nerves.

Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.'

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

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.

I doubt myself for sure. Sometimes it gets that bad when you can't find a rhythm.

I still doubt myself every single day.

I've got so many weaknesses.

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 still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me.

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.

I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.

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

I criticise myself an awful lot. I do worry to the point that I don't think it's very healthy. I'm always picking my flaws. It's a terrible anxiety I have. I wish I could pretend nothing fazes me, but it does.

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.

It's kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn't be doing it and I don't know how to do it and I'm going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.

I think people in general think more about their insecurities.

I'm a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that's never healthy.

I'm surrounded by geniuses, which is really not good for my own personal self-esteem!

Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot.

I get nervous cooking for our little house party barbecues. I'm very insecure with my cooking. I tend to throw things away that I'm scared of serving, even though they might be great.

I'm a dreamer, and I'm a perfectionist, and I love excellence, and that's hardwired in me. But when I was young, I lived in a space for a long time where I only felt insufficient.