Maria Bamford Quotes

I was afraid to express myself for a while.

I'm not hard on myself - I brush those things off - but there are days when I'm pleased with myself, and days when I think I have elf ears.

I consider myself a little weak.

I will confess that almost all my inspiration has come from one emotion: fear. And terrible dread of the moment when I will finally be exposed as a fraud.

What's interesting is to be sexy but not know it. You'll be in a restaurant, and some girls will walk in and you can tell that they really want to be sexy. It's written on their faces because that's all they want to show. There's a fear that one might not look further.

I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

I was never my favourite subject.

With acting, I've got a character to inhabit. You've got to think about your intentions and your directions. In modeling, even though there's an act to it, a good model is a good model. For me it's uncomfortable territory. You start to feel quite insecure about yourself. There's nothing between you and the camera, and it's just you.

Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.

I'm not great at talking about myself.

I think that when a person is insecure about who they are or who they want to be, then it translates on screen, and the choices they make are all about perception.

I don't like the sound of my voice or how I look or anything.

I mean you pull the curtain away, and you see I'm just as insecure and neurotic and scared and vulnerable as anybody, you know.

When I was younger, I was afraid to be myself.

First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.

I'm not that interesting of a person.

We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

If it's about work or sports or politics or women, we have no problem sharing our opinions, but if it's about our insecurities or our struggles, our fear of failure, then it's almost like we become paralyzed.

I had no idea who I was when I started. I was frightened to death and had no natural performing skills.

Well, I don't think I'm good-looking... I know people who are good-looking, and I'm not good-looking.

If I put on a tie and play what I really think I am, I'm a disaster.

Sometimes I don't think that I'm the most relatable female artist.