Camille Pissarro Quotes

You know why I fear people's judgment? Because I know they're judging. I know they are.

Criticism is frightening.

I can get quite down on myself because if people don't like what you're doing, it's hard.

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

As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly.

You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me - which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn't do it.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.

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.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

I think all my videos suck.

I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.

I looked on IMDB, at the message boards there, and someone had posted something about a sheep having more talent than me.

You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears,' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life.

I want to let you in on a little secret: I don't always feel like I'm a success. That's right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I've just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I'm trying to communicate with.

I got more shy as I got older and realized people could be laughing at me or judging me.

I feel overestimated.

Imagine if somebody said your nose is too big or your ears stick out. For me, it was my neck was too short. It stuck with me all my life.

I always feel terrified whenever I put my work out there to be seen, to be scrutinized. I think it's a very vulnerable thing that we are asked to do.

I can never tell if anything I do is really good. I'm always just slightly chagrined.

Whenever people say nice things to me, I think they're just saying them because I'm standing right in front of them. Even when I read articles that say good things about me, I forget about them right away. When I read about people pointing out my flaws, however, I think about them a lot.

I was paralyzed for so long by people's opinions. I would be devastated to the point where I didn't know if I could make it through the day.

I was playing and having a lot of success, but I also felt a lot of criticism behind it. I didn't know why.