Garry Shandling Quotes

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

I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.

I am always scared when I start something new. That hasn't changed.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.

Assume nobody else has any idea what they're doing, either.

I was afraid to express myself for a while.

Onstage was where I felt the most confident and in control and free, and as I've gotten older, it's gotten more and more daunting. And I think that's also part of my desire to keep confronting that and pushing through to find that childlike or youthful ignorance against fear and keep at it.

If anybody says they're not afraid of themselves, they're lying!

If we had the courage to confront the doubts we timidly conceive about ourselves, none of us would utter an 'I' without shame.

The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either.

Performing was terrifying.

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

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.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

Sometimes I find myself in this super-raw place onstage where I'm like, 'Maybe that's not the best thing. Maybe I need to shut down a little.'

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

I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear.