Romain Duris Quotes

I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.

I don't know if I want to be a writer.

I didn't originally want to be an actor. I didn't know what I wanted to be.

I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it.

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter. I think a lot of actors are.

I was always told that music isn't a 'realistic' path to take, and like a normal human being, I doubted myself over and over because I was afraid of failure.

Many people find their calling very early in their lives. These are the kind of people we read about in school books and newspapers. Then there are some who don't have a clue of what they want to do in their lives; I am belong to the latter category.

I was disappointed a little in Stevenson because I did think he couldn't make up his mind. It's the feeling I always had. Perhaps all of us have self-doubt, and we should have, and most of us do, but it doesn't show. It doesn't show as much as it did in Adlai; he seemed to do it in public.

I never really committed to being an actor. It never felt like it would be possible, I guess.

I was interested in drama, but it never seemed like a real profession somehow. It was so outside my experience, and I probably wouldn't have had the confidence for drama school, though I did send off for an application form.

I'm not sure what I want to do - business, law, something else.

I don't really consider myself an actor, and I don't know if I'm a comedian.

When I started with 'Cocktail,' I was trying to figure out if this was something I wanted to do.

Everything about acting was either the opposite of my personality or it just didn't seem like something I wanted to be a part of.

Before Hollywood happened to me, I just took a break to think about whether I belong in the industry or whether I should be listening to whatever people were telling me.

I'm not ready to decide if modeling is what I want to do with my life.

I think everyone goes through it in university, figuring out whether or not they're doing the right course. I guess I'm the same, but in music.

The last thing I wanted to do was act, because it was the path of least resistance.

I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones.

I'm the seagull. No, that's not it. I'm an actress. That's it.

You sure about this writer thing son?

Second-guess [myself]? Yes, I do. I question everything I do every step of the way. Once I make the decision I'm almost blinded by believing in it, and then I usually hate everything I've done.

I went to university and studied English literature, and I forgot about music. I was gonna be a journalist. But then I decided to try and be a backing singer, and my mum was like, "Go for it." If that didn't work, I was gonna go to law school. I was just being boringly sensible; trying to be a singer felt a bit indulgent.

You know, what's interesting about Washington...It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second-nature.

When in doubt, doubt the doubt!