Aly Raisman Quotes

When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.

I'm usually convinced that what I'm working on is a total disaster.

I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

I don't even know why I'm saying this in an interview situation, but I always feel like I'm not good enough for some reason. I wish that wasn't the case, but left to my own devices, that voice starts speaking up.

I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.

I didn't think my face was beautiful. I guess I found a lot wrong with it.

I'm hugely negative, so if a joke doesn't land it takes me a long time to get over it. If something doesn't go well I go dark in my head. Basically I start thinking it should be illegal for me to be doing comedy.

It's always my biggest insecurity - disappointing myself or my partner.

Every time I watch a performance, I'm disgusted with how I've skated. It's very hurtful for me.

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

I was the overweight kid who didn't have a boyfriend. I listened to other people say, 'You're ugly, you're fat, you're stupid,' and I believed it.

Like most comedians, I have crippling low self-esteem, so I always think that what I've just done is rubbish.

I writhe when I see myself on the screen. I'm such a dreadfully clumsy hulking image. I say to myself, "Why doesn't he get off? Why doesn't he get off?" I mean, I look like such an idiot. Some fat awkward thing dredged up from some third-rate drama company. I must stop thinking about it, otherwise I shan't be able to go on working.

I'm not really satisfied with anything I have written to date.

My whole life, I've felt like I didn't quite measure up.

Well, I always think the worst things are going to happen here, because I'm - basically inside, I'm a bad person, and so the bad kind of takes over.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

I've always been the porky boy in my head.

I hate to look at myself in a mirror, and I never go and see films.

I'm never satisfied with the way I look.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

I am very harsh on myself. I can point out a list. My nose is very strange. I have a very round face. I sound so ungrateful. Obviously I'm being hard on myself. Whether it's body dysmorphia, or whatever it is, I can always find something wrong.

I'm not going to lie: I still have days when I walk by the mirror on my way to the shower and think, 'Oh God, I didn't just see that!'