Jules Shear Quotes

I think everyone is always measuring themselves against other people to a certain degree; it happens automatically, and it's hard not to be this way at least some of the time.

When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'

I do think human beings cannot be faulted for wishing to judge themselves and their lives and their achievements by others around them; that is a natural human feeling.

I really judge me on me.

Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.

It's spooky to look at yourself, because you are never quite what you think you are. And you are never as good looking as the person you are acting with, or something like that. So I learned to stay away from it because it was giving me more negative feelings than positive ones.

I often don't see what I've done, or I cringe when I watch myself.

When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

Ultimately, I'm not so sure that, as a person, I'm all that interesting.

Whether it's a relationship or what you're wearing, or how much you weigh and what you said when you didn't mean it, like - it's hard to be totally under the microscope.

I have a tough time judging myself.

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

I don't know if I'm so righteous.

It's very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it's fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring.

Looking in the mirror is very strange; we see only what we choose to see, good or bad.

I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring.

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

You compare yourself to somebody who you think is a peer, and you can totally lose the plot, and not understand that you are nothing like them in the first place, and it was never you versus anybody.

Do I have more depth than I'm given credit for? No!

It's hard for me to characterise myself. I think I'm balanced. Some people might say I'm cold-hearted.

It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.

We all have our own ideas of who we are that may or may not be justified, and you can really find out a heck of a lot more accurately from the people around an individual.

No one ever judges their own self.