Viola Davis Quotes

I feel confidence in myself, but at the same time there's these cracks in the facade and those little things underneath that are unstable.

I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.

Successful people tend to feel simultaneously inadequate and superior.

I always felt like a fraud.

I'm always super scared of feeling like a fake.

Not everybody's confident their whole life.

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

My confidence wavers between being genuine and being insecure.

I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.

Self-esteem is something I still battle. People look at me and say, 'You've got fame. You've got admiration. You've done this; you've done that.' As far as I'm concerned, I haven't done anything. I've just fulfilled a dream of competing.

Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.

I never feel proud of anything I do really.

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

I didn't know I was good enough to be a pro growing up.

I'm a bit rubbish at knowing when something is good. But if it goes out and I can say, "I wasn't as bad as I thought I would be", then I'll be happy. Until then, I'll be thinking, "I shouldn't be here!"

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

I don't always understand my worth.

One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years.

Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure.

When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl.

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.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.