Jesse Metcalfe Quotes

My father never kissed me, hugged me or told me that he loved me. As my only living parent, he became the filter through which I saw myself, the possibilities for my life, the world and all men. He was a conflicted and dark filter.

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.

Do I feel like I still need to prove myself? Absolutely. And I want to feel that way, and I like that.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.

I always feel over-appreciated but underestimated.

To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through.

I think most of my life I have not felt recognized.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

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

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.

I never heard 'I love you' as a child. I never felt pretty or cared for.

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

I have high expectations of myself. I always have, always will. That will never waver. I always believe in my talent - always have.

I wish sometimes people wouldn't underestimate me. But it's a fleeting wish. It's not where I live.

I've been looking around, and I noticed something: how much you really need to be loved. Ambition isn't just a desperate quest for positions or money. It's just love - lots of love.

I needed to take a break from acting, because I really idolized it. So I came off from it, and I went on a journey to discover my relationship with God, and I became a Christian. It really just gave me so much love and light within myself. I felt secure, like I didn't need validation from anyone else, or getting a part.

I want to prove myself.

If you think you're good enough, then you find it preposterous when somebody doesn't acknowledge that... That's propelled me in many ways - maybe thinking I deserve things that I don't at some time. But I'm always willing to put in the work.

I didn't grow up with my father in my life, and that bred a resentment in me, and it bred a mentality in me that made me very angry.

I'll always have something to prove.

I have to keep proving myself, and that's what I am willing to do.