Keanu Reeves Quotes

Drama if I sing, drama if I don't sing. What do you do?

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

The talent God gave me is beautiful and wonderful, but it is difficult because you are always facing other people keen to judge you. There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

I think after doing a few shows now, people are ready to put me down.

Some of the greatest actors on the planet are the most insecure people. Now I don't know if that insecurity necessarily equates to a lack of confidence. Some people are just very shy individuals. You give them a character to play and a script, and you put them in front of a camera or on a stage, and they just go.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

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

Walking into a show when I was 16, at that time when it was the No. 1 hit show, and replacing a character comes with so many expectations. I felt a lot of pressure with that.

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

All actors are self-critical.

Not comfortable doing song and dance stuff as no normal person does in his/her real life.

I have always said we are going to play well and we going to play badly. And I have not got issues when people criticise as long as we don't play well. That's part and parcel of the game. I love it and that's how it should be.

You can do well one day and then not do well the other and you are not as good as everyone says.

I always feel like I'm an actress.

I had intense anxiety, just with the acting and expectations. Am I good enough for this? This is so big. I'm on the cover of four magazines right now. Am I worthy of this? You question everything about yourself, and I did that. I put a lot of pressure on myself to make sure that I had the body and all of that.

I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

One of the things that's hardest as an actor is you are being critiqued constantly, and having your mother critiquing you can be challenging.

I lack confidence as an actor.

Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.

I'm not scared of many things in front of the camera. Everywhere else, yes, I'm terrified. But acting is just pretending, and you are exploring feelings in a safe environment.

When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I'd be, 'out of there.'

To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.