J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

I can be such a people pleaser, and so worried about what people are thinking or feeling insecure.

I'm usually pretty insecure.

Whenever I work, I'm never really happy. I'm always second-guessing.

I've always been quite an insecure person.

Insecurities are debilitating a lot of times.

Art scares me. I don't feel cool enough to be an artist.

I always think there will be that time that people will find out that I'm crap at what I do.

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

I hate it when people say, "Oh, women are just jealous." I'm not jealous, but I do beat myself up about what I haven't accomplished in my own life yet - and when you meet a woman who has accomplished what you expect to achieve, and she's also dating your ex, of course it's hard!

If you're sitting around thinking what other people think about your work, you'll just become paralysed.

I find that the vast majority of people who are judging are just fearful or insecure.

I'm as highly insecure as a human can be.

I don't believe anyone ever suspects how completely unsure I am of my work and myself and what tortures of self-doubting the doubt of others has always given me.

I guess my main worry is that people will start hating what I hate about myself. I worry that everyone will think I am really annoying and just want me to shut up. Which would make so much sense because I annoy myself... I guess I want people to know that if they are annoyed with me, I get it, it's totally cool. Please forgive me.

I never reread what I've written. I'm far too afraid to feel ashamed of what I've done.

If you ask any of the other actors, they'd probably say nice things because they're nice people, but I was always like, "Oh gosh, I hope I'm doing this right." I was very hard on myself, and I continue to be. That's why it's sometimes hard for me to digest watching myself on television. There is some pressure.

It’s not about what you said. It’s not about what you did. It’s not about what you love. It’s about them feeling bad about themselves.

Singing was more of a hobby, and I was terrified of anyone's opinions. The only reason I kept doing it was because people responded positively, and if they hadn't I don't really know if I'd feel the same. I'm not into fighting for people's affections.

I'm always just very nervous. I never feel like, 'I've got this'. I'm always very nervous and aware of how quickly people can hate you and that scares me. I never feel like I'm on top of it or I know what I'm doing... so, no. I never get a big head, I just get more and more anxious.

Low self esteem involves imagining the worst that other people can think about you.

Often, people who can do, don’t because they’re afraid of what people that can’t do will say about them doing.

“You don't have much faith in people, do you?” said David. “I don't have much faith in anything,” Roland replied. “Not even in myself.”

I struggle to try not to read the press about my album. It was great when the first stuff came out to hear that people liked it, but at the same time at this point it's almost hard for me to read because as much as I'm uncomfortable with my voice, trust me, I'm more uncomfortable with the things I say. [laughs] To see it on a written page, it's like, "Oh my god. I told that guy I'm a hopeless romantic! What am I doing?"

Actually, I'm not super-kickass at a lot of things.

My family shouldn't have to put up with me. They're good people, solid, happy. Sometimes when I'm with them I think I'm on television.