Tyler Hilton Quotes

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

Insecurity is very common among actors. When I started giving interviews and talking to people that I didn't know, it was a nightmare. I've learned how to deal with interviews and insecurity; I've gotten used to it.

As an actor, you always think your last job is your last job, and you're always doubting yourself and worried that people will see you're a fraud.

The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life.

I never thought I was much of an actor anyway.

I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

I can't act!

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

All actors are incredibly insecure.

I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway.

I've always been very shy at auditioning; I'm not so great at it.

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.

Yes, sharing super-personal experiences is scary, but I can only get up on stage and perform it if I really connect with the music.

On the first recording, I wasn't singing out that much; I was shy with my singing.

I was shy: I sang at home but not in public. My dad's side of the family sang, so I would hear their voices and think mine couldn't compare.

I always think the second worst thing in the world is to go on stage at night, and the first worst thing in the world is sitting at home at night. For me, it's scarier to not be doing it than doing it.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

I just want to get on stage and sing and be happy.

I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it.

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 can plunk out enough chords to write a song, but I'm completely afraid to play guitar in front of other people. It's a fear of failure, I guess.

I felt very insecure about whether I was up to recreating my stage 'Fagin' in front of a camera.

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.