James Newton Howard Quotes

When I avoided interviews, it was mainly because I didn't want to speak only about my personal life.

I think my whole life, because of where I came from, I had a fear of failure.

I don't like watching myself on TV, I don't like reading about myself.

I'm terrorized by a fear of failure. Failure is always there.

The thing is, I have never been that confident, and, um, I have a lot of self-doubt, and I had never - I don't think I ever would have consciously chosen to be a television presenter.

Underneath the stress is fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.

I don't get into that second guessing of myself publicly.

Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics.

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

The first video I ever made, announcing 'Crash the Super Bowl,' I did about fifty takes and I wanted to die. It was awful.

I have a lot of admiration for people willing to face the public, but I'd prefer not to.

I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.

Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.

I haven't met a woman without insecurities.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

In real life, you just work for the ordinary self, but in the front of audience you become the superself. That's a completely different thing.

You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life.

It's your own fear of failure that stops you from doing things.

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

Sometimes interviews are fun and good conversations, but stuff like photo shoots and appearances at places where you have to meet a lot of people - I was never really made for this kind of stuff.

I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well.

I don't get nervous talking about my films, but if I'm the subject, it's hard.

Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.

Every time I do something or release something or announce a new project, there's always that fear that it won't go well.

Offscreen, I'm a private person. I'm shy and don't know how to face the public.