Aisha Tyler Quotes

Successful people tend to feel simultaneously inadequate and superior.

Miss India actually made me feel small.

Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.

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

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.

I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off.

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

The word that I constantly hear out of women is 'fear.' It's almost like a background melody. Women have excellent degrees and experience, but we are afraid we aren't good enough because we have such high expectations.

All artists have insecurity.

I wasted years worrying about what other people thought.

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

I know right a way there's a person that's very insecure; that he's trying to out do me. And, ah, like I was saying before, if you give one-hundred percent of your best, and you may have fault, but there is nothing you can do, because you gave one-hundred percent.

As actors, we tend to usually have some issues with self-esteem and some need for validation, and it takes awhile for that fear of not having a job to go away.

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

I always felt like a fraud.

I had this fear of rejection. I had this inner unworthiness.

I am an insecure person. I have my own insecurities about lots of things, but I am pretty secure as an actor.

I think, when I was younger, I'd be crippled sometimes by what others thought or how others would do better. It's been a long journey, and having a lack of confidence is really damaging in this industry.

Despite my career, so much of my life has been dictated by what I'm afraid of: fear that I am not talented. Fear that people will finally realize that I am a boring individual who doesn't have many ambitions beyond starting a family 'at a good time' in life.

I believed what people said, that I don't deserve to be a leader because of the way I look. That I don't deserve to be popular, that I don't deserve to be loved. I'm not intelligent.

A lot of people keep saying that I am insecure and I keep trying to axe my co-actors' roles, but that's rubbish!

And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may have accidentally given me this idea- and you do poorly, what then? It’s over; you’re wiped out. All those prophecies you heard in the dark have come true, and people can see the real you, see what a schmendrick you are, what a fraud.

Every time you reject yourself, you idealize others

Insecurity is a natural part of human nature, and there are times we feel our stories are not worth telling, so we turn to the people we admire for strength. If we dress like someone everyone thinks is cool, perhaps we'll be seen as cool.

I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me.