Dave Madden Quotes

I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting.

I'm just terrible at auditions. I don't know how anyone does it.

In my first few years as an actor, I took one terrible TV job after another. But even as I laughed off my awful roles and made fun of myself to friends, my work made me cringe - I dreaded anyone's seeing it. I was crushed that I wasn't doing anything I was proud of.

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

To me, I don't feel like a dancer. I feel like an idiot trying to be a dancer.

With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense.

Being an actor, you always feel like you're swimming upstream. People are going, 'No, they don't like you. They don't like the way you look. They don't like how old you are.'

I'm an actor, so I'm never going to feel like I've done enough.

In most professions, you build up confidence and a sense of achievement as you go along, but that's really not true for acting.

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

I know there are insecurities in being an actor. There are certain compromises you need to make, but they are all worth it.

When I'm not streaming, I have time to reflect on all the growth, and I don't like that. I'd rather just be home playing. I'm like, 'I haven't played a celebrity in a while. I haven't done something big in a while. Is it because I'm slowing down?'

No, I'm never confident with what I do, particularly playing and singing!

I remember one day sitting in the mirror with a saxophone, just looking at myself, being like, 'I can't do this; this is ridiculous.'

I just want to keep getting roles that challenge me to be the best actor and the best person I can be.

I classify myself as a comedian, but I'm one of those comedians who also acts so that I can split the difference and feel insecure about both.

I was afraid that if I said, 'Yes, I'm an actor,' what would happen if I was bad at it?

It's all you want as an actor: to have a story people want to be told.

As an actor, you always feel like you're not going to work again. You're always unsure about how things are going to work out, and you start thinking you're going to just fade off into the distance.

When I did dance, I never felt enough. It probably was where I got my biggest insecurities as a kid.

You'd think that my acting in 'Lost Angels' would have been the reason why I gave up on it. But yeah, I'm just not that good at it. Auditioning is super weird, and I'm bad at it.

When I see myself on screen, I am always looking at the bad bits and finding fault in something or the other.

I'm not a good actor.

I love proving myself wrong. A lot of actors lack confidence - even if you're doing really well, you kind of feel like this might be your last job.