James Taylor Quotes

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter. I think a lot of actors are.

I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me.

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

When I say I don't like my own work, that doesn't mean it isn't better than everyone else's.

Whenever people say nice things to me, I think they're just saying them because I'm standing right in front of them. Even when I read articles that say good things about me, I forget about them right away. When I read about people pointing out my flaws, however, I think about them a lot.

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

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

The word that I constantly hear out of women is 'fear.' It's almost like a background melody. Women have excellent degrees and experience, but we are afraid we aren't good enough because we have such high expectations.

A lot of girls think they have flaws that really aren't flaws. I've never met a girl who was just so secure about everything.

All artists have insecurity.

When you doubt one thing about yourself, you start thinking there's also something wrong with your hair, your body, your clothes, your accent.

I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough.

I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.

Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.'

Successful people tend to feel simultaneously inadequate and superior.

As actors, we tend to usually have some issues with self-esteem and some need for validation, and it takes awhile for that fear of not having a job to go away.

I'm surrounded by geniuses, which is really not good for my own personal self-esteem!

What dragged me down was not being mayor - it was insecurity, the need to be accepted by everyone, the pleasure syndrome. That's what brought me down.

Do I have my insecurities? Hell yes, just like anybody else. I can obsess over the most ridiculous things, just like anybody else.

As a typical creative, I am all ego and insecurity!

I actually think I suck. I think I'm one of the worst announcers, one of the worst performers there is. It blows my mind that I keep getting hired. But when I'm doing it, yeah, I'll admit: No one can do it like I can.

What makes anyone think that I'm any good?

I'm really bad at knowing if something I've done is any good. I can't work it out; I can't be objective about anything I do.

Everybody doubts themselves. Every writer doubts themselves, every artist doubts himself, and every football player does.

I don't think I'm as good as people say.