Roger McGough Quotes

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

I looked on IMDB, at the message boards there, and someone had posted something about a sheep having more talent than me.

Miss India actually made me feel small.

I'm not that good looking.

I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves.

We have no faith in ourselves. I have never met a woman who, deep down in her core, really believes she has great legs. And if she suspects that she might have great legs, then she's convinced that she has a shrill voice and no neck.

Even though I'm in the industry and I act and all this stuff, I still suffer from self-esteem issues... from the way that I look or the way that I talk... just nitpicking at myself.

My opinion about myself is so based on what other people think of me.

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.

I don't like myself, and I don't like to be looked at.

I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that.

I always had good friends, but I did not feel like a cool girl, ever.

I'm not that interesting of a person.

Go out and face the world secure in the knowledge that everybody else thinks they are better looking than they are as well.

I had a very poor image of myself because I believed too much of the people around me when I was very young.

If people have very big personalities, I find myself feeling I have nothing to offer.

I had this fear of rejection. I had this inner unworthiness.

I've always known I was good, but if other people dont think so, it can hurt your confidence.

A lot of people keep saying that I am insecure and I keep trying to axe my co-actors' roles, but that's rubbish!

The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.

I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!

Insecurity is a natural part of human nature, and there are times we feel our stories are not worth telling, so we turn to the people we admire for strength. If we dress like someone everyone thinks is cool, perhaps we'll be seen as cool.

I just don't like my face.