Jenny Eclair Quotes

Actors are dumb when they get insecure of their co-stars. A lot of actors do. When there is a good actor, they're like, 'Oh, he's eating up the part.' That's stupid.

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.

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.

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony.

I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.

I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up.

It's not hard for me to be funny in front of people, but most of that is just horrified nerves taking the form of what makes people laugh, and afterwards I'd always feel dreadfully depressed, kind of self-induced bi-polar disorder.

I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.

I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.'

We're so insecure, comedians. 'Did you laugh? Do you think I was funny?'

I'm as crippled with doubt as the next actor.

I think shows like 'Dancing on Ice,' 'X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent' make great telly, but I'd never want to be contestant. I'm far too insecure and competitive. Also, working in theatre, you're being judged all the time - and I'd rather not be told I'm awful in front of millions of people!

When I went into high school, I don't know why - because I've been performing since I was little - but I think it was just the pressure of being somewhere so different, and I already stood out because I had an accent, and everyone always wanted you to talk, that I kind of shied away from singing a bit.

If you go through my Instagram feed, it's like a flip book of me thinking I'm way more attractive than I am. It's nauseating.

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.

I get really nervous when I'm performing or meeting new people.

The make-up and the costumes were me being scared. I needed to create a boundary between me and the audience. To project this bigger version of myself. Outwardly, it looked good, but inwardly, I began to feel horrible.

I was always the shy one around, I wouldn't sing even in family gatherings.

I am literally horrible at speaking to a camera.

I don't really like to audition, and that works against me. It's bad to be an actor and not like to audition.

A lot of men are competitive about being funny.

So many horses get stage fright when they enter the arena, and that's it - the performance is over.

I was very shy about acting. I thought you had to be confident. I was confident with my friends, but I would never think of acting in front of anyone else.

I was afraid that if I said, 'Yes, I'm an actor,' what would happen if I was bad at it?

I can't shout, I can't cry convincingly, and please don't make me dance.