Keira Knightley Quotes

I have to prove myself five times over.

Part of me was always trying to prove that I belonged and prove that I deserved the job and prove that I could handle it. And that takes the fun out of it.

I'm the type of person who feels I have to prove myself first.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

All the time I feel I must justify my existence.

I have to prove myself to everybody.

I always felt I had to prove my intelligence.

I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

I've always had a complex about being taken seriously.

Competitiveness only comes with insecurity.

I'm tired of proving myself.

You always try to prove yourself.

I felt like I always had to fight to prove my worth.

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

For a long time, I couldn't just sit and have a conversation with people at a table without showing them a trick. I thought you just had to impress, it was about impressing, which of course is what you do if you don't feel very impressive.

On the flip side, no one has any idea who the hell I am. I felt like I had to prove myself to them. On any new project I'm working on, the first week is nerve-wracking, but especially with these people that I admire so much and who I just want to be equal with.

I feel like you constantly have to prove why you deserve to continue to exist.

Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.

I have a very vibrant imposter syndrome that goes on throughout most of my life, but nothing more than when someone has to put a hat on me or some kind of sash and go, 'We're giving you this certificate.'

Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.

I think I think I am Superwoman sometimes but I am not.

I've gone through my whole life caring deeply what people think of me.

I wasn't truly comfortable with myself until I was about 30. I spent so much time and energy wondering if I wasn't worthy, and trying to find people to validate me, instead of validating myself.