Jeremy Irvine Quotes

Every time I get a role, I'm surprised. It's like, 'Alright, when am I going to stop fooling them?'

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

There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians.

If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it?

Kevin Bacon and I went up for the same stuff, and people would say, 'You and Kevin have the same quality.' I was like, 'I do?' I remember seeing 'Footloose' and thinking, 'How do I have any kind of quality that that guy does?'

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

I don't think I can be a bright and fresh-looking actress. I am not really confident in that kind of character.

There's a difference between wanting to appear confident and actually feeling confident. I think there have been many times when I've overcompensated for how nervous or out of place I feel. I was like that at school.

Some of the greatest actors on the planet are the most insecure people. Now I don't know if that insecurity necessarily equates to a lack of confidence. Some people are just very shy individuals. You give them a character to play and a script, and you put them in front of a camera or on a stage, and they just go.

I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.

I think half the time I just assume I don't really know what I'm doing - you have to do that to a certain extent, but you don't have to think you're an idiot savant.

My confidence wavers between being genuine and being insecure.

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.

I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.

I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought it would. It would come if I had nothing more to say as an actor. I have a long way to go!

I still think I'm not as good as anybody else.

I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good on my acting ability, which was the only attribute I could offer.

I am always surprised to be chosen by a director for a role because I never understand why they like me.

Sometimes I may come off like I know what I'm doing or I'm confident, but I'm not always.

I always wanted to be the pretty girl, but I thought I wasn't. When I started acting and getting pretty girl roles, I felt like I was just pretending, and nobody saw I was just this big nerd.

It feels like my hard work has paid off, but at the same time, I still have the impostor, you know, syndrome. I still feel like I'm going to wake up, and everybody's going to see me for the hack I am.

I trust my directors to see me through, for I don't consider myself as a natural actor - or a good one at that.

I always felt like a fraud.

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

I don't think I'm as good as people say.