Suzanne Collins Quotes

She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control.

I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that's just how it's going to be.

We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world.

When I first met Alan, I was absolutely terrified. I was 19, he was Alan Rickman, and he's got that voice, and I remember meeting him in the hair and make-up trailer and thinking, 'I'm going to die. He thinks I'm rubbish. Why am I here?'

Nobody would want their lowest moment to be filmed for the world to see.

I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

Yesterday he told me he thought I would have to pretend to be weak, but he was wrong. I am weak already. I brace myself against the wall and press my forehead to my hands. It’s difficult to take deep breaths, so I take short, shallow ones. I can’t let this happen. They attacked me to make me feel weak. I can pretend they succeeded to protect myself, but I can’t let it become true.

I'm a woman who carries around all these layers of fear and vulnerability.

I was so worried about winning, it was as if I was caught up in my own web.

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

I just can't stand the sound of my voice sometimes, or how my face looks. There are always a few times at every premiere when I just have to cover my eyes when I'm up there.

I have this recurring nightmare where I'm giving a speech in front of my old high school classmates, and they start laughing at me, and I look down and realize I'm naked. And a shark.

My main weakness is nerves.

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

To have all your life's work and to have them along the wall, it's like walking in with no clothes on. It's terrible.

There are moments when your mind is very vulnerable. You feel a lot of doubts.

Because I am basically so insecure and anxious and afraid, I never, ever in my life learned to reach out for help, ever.

I'm self-conscious about a lot of things.

Watching people see your picture for the first time is such a public agony.

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

I'm too frightened to go on 'Celebrity Mastermind.' You really are shown up. Just you and a chair - there's no way out.

Oh, I'm not a very good singer, and that's 'cause I was always embarrassed about my singing.

My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.

Falling in front of an audience - that's, like, my biggest fear.