George Benson Quotes

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

I have seen many successful people fail after they start fearing they might lose what they have built.

My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.

I'm afraid to fail again.

My biggest enemy for the longest time was my head. When I first became successful, it made me anxious because I was overthinking everything, and you hear so many 'fail' stories.

I thought that when you have more success that you'd feel more buoyed or feel more confident. But in fact my brain has the gift of switching it around and saying, 'Now people are expecting something. Now you're really going to let people down.'

I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

Even when I had a run of successful prime-time shows, I couldn't sit down and enjoy my success. I would beat myself up and scrutinise everything. I'm a natural-born worrier.

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

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

I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.

I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.'

We are so in fear of failure that often we prefer not to try..

I've always had confidence issues; I just get scared of doing things wrong.

I used to be very frightened of failure.

The fear of mistakes is the fast track to irrelevance.

I always make things worse than they are or create problems that aren't there. And going and doing some simple task becomes a problem. I start imagining problems that aren't there. What people are going to think, who's going to judge me and am I going to be good enough? Am I worthy?

Fear of failure leads to failure.

The number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure.

Every time I make a movie I think that it's going to be my last one, I think that no one is going to show up. I always have this sense that they're all going to fail. I am scared to death.

The fear of not getting the reward becomes the fear of rejection. The fear of not being good enough... is what makes us try to change, what makes us create an image.

I lack confidence as an actor.

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.

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