Grace VanderWaal 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 play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting.

My biggest enemy for the longest time was my head. When I first became successful, it made me anxious because I was overthinking everything, and you hear so many 'fail' stories.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

Pretty much every time I try something different or do something in front of a live audience, I truly think they might throw peanuts at me.

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

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.

Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job.

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

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

Sometimes you don't play well or you don't score, and in those times, the pressure comes from all around you as well as from yourself.

When you're not playing, you always question yourself.

I always think I'm terrible. So it's always a relief when I find out that I wasn't. I've had roles where I realized that I was in way over my head - and that is my biggest fear.

The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me.

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

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 grew up doubting myself. It was a very spotty, frustrating, worrying time.

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

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.