Gareth Gates Quotes

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter.

Motivational talks are something I have been asked to do and i fancy taking a crack at it.

I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions.

My whole family has been such a great support, and they're the ones who have kept me grounded and allowed me to be who I am today.

There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

When I started getting in front of the camera a lot, I think my confidence started to come out.

Your personal capacity to handle more valuable projects will go up when you appreciate yourself more.

I'm a lot more self-confident than I used to be. To some extent I owe that to my children and my husband.

Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.

I was extremely shy. I am still shy, but I won't show it on stage.

That is definitely something that I feel more comfortable with now. When I did 'Lord of the Rings,' it was something I wasn't quite prepared for, I didn't know how to deal with that sort of attention, and I kind of shied away from that, but I'm better at dealing with that now - a lot better.

So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn't want to let them down.

I really feel that my fans have given me a lot of confidence.

I had big problems with stage fright in the past. I think, slowly, as I've gotten better at it, I've started to enjoy it. It's made me a more confident person in my normal life. I can open up and be myself in situations that used to be abject terror.

'100% Love' is not just a film I did; it actually changed me. The film made me confident.

All the appreciation I have been receiving has been very encouraging. It pushes me to do better.

My confidence has been really building since my time at Espanyol.

I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

My whole life, I thought I sucked. And then I get in here, and I grapple other people, and I'm like, 'I'm actually good.'

Anything that we can do to help men be more confident, I think that's going to be a net positive.

I'm astonished to say, but people are really pleased to hear what happened to me, the way I got a little bit more confident, the people I've met, and the things I didn't know.

My character, Charlotte, is very confident, and I try to be more like my character in real life. Not that I'm not confident, but I've really found my personal growth through work.

Self-confidence is the most important thing, and this comes from identifying your goals, knowing your limits and roping in all the help you can get.