Rashami Desai Quotes

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

I had a crisis of confidence and ran away from being a standup for a while.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

Yeah, it's scary. During filming, it wasn't just jitters from being the newer guy there or the greenest guy there. It was also fear of not messing up such an important character.

I lack confidence as an actor.

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.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

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

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified.

Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

Sometimes I feel I have no idea what I'm doing as an actor. I just did a tape for the TV remake of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' and I think it could be the worst thing I've ever done.

I think all actors get scared because we're frightened to disappoint.

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

I am always in self-doubt... every moment of my filmmaking. I am supremely confident when the story is being written and everything is in our head. But the moment we get into the filmmaking, I start doubting myself - from the camera angle to the re-recording to getting the actors to do their shots.

Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.