Ronny Chieng Quotes

I take things too seriously.

I'm a fairly neurotic person.

I guess I can be a little neurotic sometimes, but can't everybody?

My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself.

I'm pretty neurotic.

I'm tortured because I care. I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.

I am a very neurotic person all the time.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

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

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.

I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone - even when they're laughing. I have a guilt complex, always worrying.

Even when I had a run of successful prime-time shows, I couldn't sit down and enjoy my success. I would beat myself up and scrutinise everything. I'm a natural-born worrier.

I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

I stress out a lot. Being a perfectionist doesn't help with that!

I'm so super-critical of everything that I do.

I've got an overactive, analytical brain. I get frustrated, impatient, angry with myself. I swear at myself a lot.

Anxiety is a natural thing humans have. You know, that's how we evolve. That's how we are, you know, we think things through. Sometimes my mind just thinks things through a lot.

I'm anxious by nature, I think.

Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'

Maybe I think too much.

I've never been one who agonizes over my work.

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.

I'm a worrywart, so I'm always a bit more stressed out than I should be or wish I was.

I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.

It's a bit of a headache being a perfectionist. You're never satisfied.