John D. Rockefeller Quotes

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

I have a fear of failure.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

I don't know which is stronger: the thrill of winning or the fear of failure. I don't know which one affects me most. I don't know where the middle is.

I am very self-doubting; it has come out of experience.

I used to be very frightened of failure.

When things are going good, I get nervous.

Every time I make a movie I think that it's going to be my last one, I think that no one is going to show up. I always have this sense that they're all going to fail. I am scared to death.

You don't know what you're doing. You're just hoping that people won't make fun of you. I had no idea how it would turn out.

I always think I'm terrible. So it's always a relief when I find out that I wasn't. I've had roles where I realized that I was in way over my head - and that is my biggest fear.

I might kiss you. I might be bad at it. That's not possible.

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.

So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

Anybody who's really successful has doubts.

Fear is the ultimate cause of failure and disappointment.

Henry Fonda one time said that every time he had a job, he thought it was gonna' be the last one. And, if you got any sense, you gotta' think that because, you know when somebody's gonna do a dip, some of 'em go pretty far down.

There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.

I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing.

Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting.

My biggest enemy for the longest time was my head. When I first became successful, it made me anxious because I was overthinking everything, and you hear so many 'fail' stories.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.