Moeen Ali Quotes

Actors in general have some place in them that can be sensitive and easily damaged: not damaged in a bad way, but insecurity, because that's what it breeds, especially in females and female-lead types.

I'm confident in my own ability. If that wasn't the case you might as well pack it in now. If you think too much, you start doubting yourself, doubting your quality, so you have to train yourself in a certain way.

No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?

The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life.

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

I never read my reviews... not even the good ones. Barbra Streisand once told me, if just one person in the audience doesn't applaud, it bothers her. I'm the same way. I'd be devastated to read that someone didn't like my work.

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

I don't think I can be a bright and fresh-looking actress. I am not really confident in that kind of character.

I have to tell you, you can't have an ego when you're an actor. A lot of actors have them, but in reality most of those people are just sensitive artists dying for a hug and a compliment.

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

I stay off the Internet, because I'm very sensitive to commentary. There could be 10 comments of 'Fabulous job!' and one 'She's horrible!' and it completely throws me.

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.

My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be.

Because winning a gold medal had been a dream of mine since a young age, I needed to empty my mind during the preparation for the Olympics by telling myself that it would be OK not to win a gold medal.

I wish I knew that when I go in for an audition and I don't get the part, it actually doesn't have to do with me on a personal level.

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.

I'm a big girl, but I have a delicate constitution emotionally. If I've been humiliated in some audition, I just cry all the way home and think, 'Oh my God, I suck.'

It's hard not to let criticism make you feel bad about yourself - I do continue to struggle with that as an older woman in the workplace.

I pressure myself to score in every game but some days it feels like I just can't win. I know I have to overcome that.

When you're not playing, sometimes you're not full of confidence.

Even a side with great mental strength will have moments where they lose confidence.

I can just remember what I have seen, and then I often think about how I do well throughout the match, and then, if I miss one chance, everyone talks about the miss. Only that.