Wale Quotes

I was not happy with myself as a human being when I was very young - I was afraid of people; I was afraid of talking, I didn't know how to express myself other than by being on stage.

Half of my anxiety is about whether people are going to like me.

Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary.

Everyone fears rejection.

I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt.

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

Look, I don't care if anyone likes me when it comes to my work. But I can be massively insecure in other parts of my life.

I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.

I was afraid to express myself for a while.

I wasted years worrying about what other people thought.

As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked.

I think I'm really powerful. They'll smash me, probably.

I have always admired people who are comfortable not being liked because I am the opposite of that. To the point when I was little, it was crippling.

I was shy talking about certain things, and I was shy with being honest because I didn't want people to judge me talking about fatherhood and how somebody should have my child around me.

You get into comedy because you are insecure, and you communicate with the world through comedy to sort of alleviate the tension of those insecurities and to find a way to make people like you other than the way you look or how good you are at sports. I don't think that really goes away.

We're all insecure, aren't we? I'm not walking around like I'm macho man or anything.

There's times where you think, 'Gosh, what if nobody ever wants to hear what I have to say?'

I don't care about me being vulnerable or embarrassing situations.

If I fancy someone but can't tell them because I'm shy, I'll think, 'It's fine. You're not going to die. Maybe just tell them or whatever.'

I know what it is like to lose your confidence.

Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really look all right in this plastic jumpsuit?

I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.

It would probably break my heart to hear that people didn't like me. I don't look on the Internet.

I've always had a problem saying what I feel for fear of having someone dislike me.

I wish I knew at 14 not to put much thought into what other people my age said to me, cause we were all looking for the answers. So I wish I knew that other people really don't know any more than you do!