Willem Dafoe Quotes

I can never watch anything I've been involved in, because I know it, and I know what the making of it was like, and I know what's been cut out and changed. I just know it.

I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.

I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable.

I've got so many weaknesses.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.

I have many moments of self doubt. Everybody does.

But I'm guessing every actor is insecure.

I'm so critical of my own work that it's difficult for me to disassociate myself and watch it as an audience.

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

All artists have insecurity.

Usually when I see myself in a film or on television, there's about a six-month period where I can't look at it because all I'll see are the mistakes. I'm just appalled by the person that I see.

I criticise myself an awful lot. I do worry to the point that I don't think it's very healthy. I'm always picking my flaws. It's a terrible anxiety I have. I wish I could pretend nothing fazes me, but it does.

I think it's healthy to be insecure, to have nerves.

I'm very wary with impressions - I don't think I'm very good at impressions, I hate doing them.

Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.'

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical.

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

People are going to figure out that I don't know anything. I always thought I'd be discredited in the end.

Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot.

When I don't feel that I'm good enough, I put myself in a corner.

I still doubt myself every single day.

Do I have my insecurities? Hell yes, just like anybody else. I can obsess over the most ridiculous things, just like anybody else.