Tom Odell Quotes

I'm such a perfectionist. I can be like, 'This has to be like this. And this, and this and this.' But then you realize a lot of things that you thought mattered, they really don't matter.

I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I'm not perfect. I'm a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don't do well.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

I am a bit difficult to be around sometimes. I can be stubborn on a lot of things, and I'm set, but I can also adapt in a conflict situation and don't hold on to an ego. I end up seeing the larger good and adapt to it, provided it benefits me. I may come across as a cold person, but I am extremely sentimental.

I've learned how my own perfectionism can cripple me.

I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.

If you're a perfectionist and you know you're about to do something at which you cannot be perfect, then that is daunting because you know what your heart is like and the way you approach your work.

When I started out as an actor I knew very little, which was probably a good thing. I was totally open. You don't judge yourself, you do it.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances.

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

I'm so super-critical of everything that I do.

I cannot watch my own dailies, ever. I'm my worst critic. It distracts me. I can watch it when it's done, but I'm not the girl that wants to run back and look at the performance.

I'm afraid of making a mistake. I'm not totally neurotic, but I'm pretty neurotic about it. I'm as close to totally neurotic as you can get without being totally neurotic.

I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws.

I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go.

Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'

I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor.

I like pushing myself, and usually if I'm not good at something I just won't do it because I'm a perfectionist.

I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you.

I have a fear of doing stuff that's not very good and being remembered for that.