Anthony Jeselnik Quotes

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I don't need to impress children.

I don't want anyone to ever say that I don't belong where I am.

I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.

From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.

We're all insecure, aren't we? I'm not walking around like I'm macho man or anything.

I wasn't a good-looking child. I got screwed out of the genetic deal. My sister looks like a model. I think that's why I'm a comic. I'm deeply insecure, since I was always feeling ugly. I wasn't a healthy child. I had poor self-esteem. That's why I need people's approval.

That young man that I was in 1988 - I was insecure. Besides making good music, I wanted to be cool; I wanted to be accepted and stuff.

I just don't want to be seen as a strong person.

I've never felt the need to show that I am either clever or tall because I'm not.

A psychiatrist once told me early in treatment, "Stop trying to make me like you," and what a sobering and welcome smack in the face that statement was. Yet somehow, every day of my life is still a campaign for popularity, or better yet, a crowded funeral.

Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.

I find when I have short hair, I feel like I have nothing to hide behind anymore.

I'm not afraid to look bad on the screen.

I don't mind not being cool.

I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad.

I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me.

I don't have the confidence to be a personality.

I'm not scared to look like a complete fool in front of people. It's just not one of my insecurities.

The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.

No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you.

For me, it's always more difficult and slightly exposing to play something that's close to yourself. I always like to try to hide, just because I can't stand the way I look.

You just need to be accepted for who you are and be proud of who you are and that is what I'm trying to do.

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.