William Fichtner Quotes

I've never done anything because I thought it would look cool.

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing.

I don't get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.'

I'm not talented enough to drop everything and become somebody different.

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

I never thought I was an achiever and was always low on confidence.

Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life.

You do what you believe in.

I'm a bit rubbish at knowing when something is good. But if it goes out and I can say, "I wasn't as bad as I thought I would be", then I'll be happy. Until then, I'll be thinking, "I shouldn't be here!"

Even noteworthy performance attainments do not necessarily boost perceived self-efficacy

A performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he fosters is the one and only reality. In such cases we have a sense in which the performer comes to be his own audience; he comes to be performer and observer of the same show. Presumably he introcepts or incorporates the standards he attempts to maintain in the presence of others so that even in their absence his conscience requires him to act in a socially proper way.

I don't try to be feminist. I just am. It's innately inside me. I have no interest in trying to be the perfect feminist, but I do believe feminists are in good hands with me.

Appear tougher or cooler or funnier than you feel and there is a chance you'll make it.

I say whatever I want, I look whatever I want. That doesn't mean I don't question myself and feel insecure.

Revolutionary leaders have to care more about what they think of themselves than what the world thinks of them.

The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength

I've always avoided those sorts of self-assessments because if you give yourself a 10 out of 10 people think you're a big head, if you give yourself a 6 out of 10 they think you're plagued with self-doubt, so I'm just not going to rate myself.

I am actually as good as everybody else pretends to be. It's scary.

I'm not incredibly self-conscious. I don't really feel like I walk around making fashion or my appearance the most important thing in the world. It's certainly not the way that I live my life. I'm not really sure how the magazines perceive me because I don't read them.

We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves.

Any work looks wonderful to me except the one which I can do.

The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.

I always feel like I can do anything. That's the main thing people are controlled by: thoughts and perceptions of yourself... If you're taught you can't do anything, you won't do anything

Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer

In a world where I have to hide my heart and what I believe in. But somehow I will show the world what's inside.