Carl Yastrzemski Quotes

I don't feel secure at all. I don't know what actor would feel they've made it. I feel like I'm just starting.

I'd been shy since childhood, constantly full of self-doubt. And as an actor, I'd been so scared of failing that I made my career - and myself - a big joke.

I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

It's one of those things where if I do a movie, I don't even know if I'm any good. So, I may do one and it sucks and I'm a horrible actor, and I'll never do another one.

My first audition was the worst I have ever done, ever.

I'm really not that confident!

As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.

That's something I go through every day - you know - Am I good enough to act?

I had this inferiority complex as a child, as I was not good at speaking. I was also not good in studies or sports and would often flunk in four-five subjects.

I can't act!

You still get these waves of doubt that come over you, for example, when you get a bad review or you accept a part and think, 'Oh, God, what have I just accepted? I can't do that.' I don't think that's something that will ever go away in me.

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

There's one thing now that I experience every day when I'm making a film. I get up and think to myself, 'Am I going to be able to do it today?' I figure as long as I have that fear, I'll be alright.

In A-ball, you're either going to move up, or you're going to get released. That kind of paranoia played a lot into the players' mentality leading up to the events of 'Eight Men Out.'

After 'Real Live Woman,' I wasn't sure I'd ever want to make another record.

I never will watch a meet that I don't do well in. I just don't like to.

Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job.

I'm as crippled with doubt as the next actor.

I just don't want to fail, to be honest.

I do believe I'm not good enough to be a professional dancer. I believe that in my heart.

I feel a bit scared at times as I feel if I am not convinced about the scene, the audiences won't be either, so I have to give my best.