Robert Pattinson Quotes

Comedians are - at the end of the day, we're just a bunch of people that lack a little bit of - we're very insecure, and we want to be loved and liked by everybody. And you know, I could check my Twitter and there could be 150 people that say wonderful things. There'll be one person who says something negative. And all we focus on is that negative.

Many people allow their need for other people's approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.

If you live for people’s acceptance you will die from their rejection.

When you say, "I need more confidence," what you're really saying is, "I need those people over there to approve of me." That is the desire to control other people and what they think. The first person who figures out how to do this owns the world.

Frankly, I get much more sensitive about what's written about me than how I look in a photo. I'm so used to people seeing my image in plays and films that what they think about how I look is none of my business. If they says, "Hey, he doesn't look good," I'm like, Whatever, because I know I look different from day to day. But if you're up there putting your heart into something and people reject your performance, that's very painful. The written word can kick your ass.

No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.

So many people are paralyzed by worrying, "What are these people going to think?"

As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough.

I've always been looking for other people's approval.

I used to not be confident. My father certainly didn't add to my confidence. When I was 17 or 18, I was voted the most beautiful girl in England by the association of press photographers. When they called Daddy for a comment, he said, 'I'm amazed. She's a nice looking girl, but nothing special.'

There's so much crap attached to acting: the fame aspect, the ego aspect, the 'Am I good, am I bad, am I being judged, who likes me, who doesn't like me...'

If you worry about what other people think of you, then you will have more confidence in their opinion than you have in your own.

The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn't mean that people hate me.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

Maybe that's why there's an insecurity sometimes in acting, because it's not like there's a correlation between hard work and how people receive you.

Sometimes I think to myself, "I wonder if Meryl Streep is ever like, 'Oh gosh, everyone thinks I'm so perfect! I wish that someone would give me a note.'"

I honestly don't think that I am cool enough or important enough that anyone would care about what I am doing at all hours of the day like "I just had a latte from Starbucks and now I am going to Barney's. Love me some shoes!

I manage to think twice about everything / Why will they like me as they do / Or not as they do / Why will they praise me as they do / Or praise me not not as they do.

I was and I always shall be hampered by what I think other people will say.

For paranoia about 'what other people think' : remember that only some hate, a very few love - and almost all just don't care.

Actors want to show off and dance in front of you and get your love, because they don't think they're worthy of it in any other way.