Sarah Hay Quotes

I never feel like I have anything. People can tell me a thousand times, 'You're the guy, you're the guy,' and I'm just like, 'We'll see when I'm on the set.'

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

That's something I go through every day - you know - Am I good enough to act?

I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me, but I didn't have the confidence to go along with the physical skill.

I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

I never thought I was much of an actor anyway.

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

I don't think I can be a bright and fresh-looking actress. I am not really confident in that kind of character.

I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified.

I can't act!

I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

As an actor, it easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?'

I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.

I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not that person. In the first instance, when a record company said to me, do you want to try and make your record, my first reaction was, no, I'm not worthy - I couldn't possibly, and so on and so forth.

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

I seriously suck at auditions.

I was never the most confident man in the world.

I hate bad reviews, so yeah, every now and then I think, 'Boy I hope everybody really likes this and thinks this theme is good.' You can't help but do that. I think we all are, or at least I am, reduced to a schoolboy seeking approval.

I just don't want to fail, to be honest.

I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.'