Christopher Timothy Quotes

It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet. Because, despite what I've achieved in my career, I'm always wondering when somebody's gonna tap me on the shoulder and say, 'OK, the gig is up.'

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

What's my greatest fear? I don't know; I have lots of fears. Regret, I don't want to have any regrets; that makes me scared.

We would make songs, and the producers said we should play it for my dad. I was kind of scared, I didn't know what to think cuz we were just joking around.

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 thought that when you have more success that you'd feel more buoyed or feel more confident. But in fact my brain has the gift of switching it around and saying, 'Now people are expecting something. Now you're really going to let people down.'

The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.

As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.

If one day someone came up to me and was like, 'Look, you're never going to act again,' I don't know what I would do.

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities.

I still have the actor's disease. I always think I'll never get another job.

I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.

You take the risk of being rejected.

Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.

Marriage is scary to me, man.

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

Everybody in the entertainment industry is insecure.

After those first two BAFTAs, I didn't really get offered anything, which makes you think, 'Oh, no!' And, after I finished the second series of 'Broadchurch,' nothing came up for six months, which really is a long time, and I got a bit panicky.

Many people are insecure of many people.

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

Wenger never had faith in me.

I think all actors get scared because we're frightened to disappoint.