Ravi Subramanian Quotes

People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that they might not be as good as they think they are.

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.

I had this inferiority complex as a child, as I was not good at speaking. I was also not good in studies or sports and would often flunk in four-five subjects.

I'm outgoing when I have to be, but usually, I'm kinda shy. I always think people don't want to talk to me. Some people might take that as being stuck-up, but I'm just shy.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

I was such a tomboy - goofy and, in my eyes, nerdy - and I never thought I would end up in modeling. I mean, you see pictures of these girls in magazines who have this incredible talent, and no one ever really thinks you can make it to that level. At least I didn't!

I am not the world's most confident person.

I feel like I can do any kind of acting. It's hard to convince other people of that. I feel very confident that most any role, I would be able to do it. I don't have a lot of insecurities around acting.

I've always had that chip on my shoulder, felt the need to prove myself.

A lot of beautiful women that I have come across are the most insecure.

I always have a point to prove where I have a chip on my shoulder at all times.

I'm never confident about anything, especially with law.

I had heard a live show, where my voice didn't sound the way I wanted to hear it and I got paranoid. I'm not an amazing singer, I just belt it out in this crappy old way, but for a while I had it in my head that I couldn't sing.

Arrogance really comes from insecurity, and in the end our feeling that we are bigger than others is really the flip side of our feeling that we are smaller than others.

I come from an overly confident place. But I'm overconfident because of feelings of inferiority.

I feel like I'm the worst, so I always act like I'm the best.

No one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth?

I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

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!"

To be an actor, a lot of times it's a strange combination of high confidence and low self-esteem. Which is a weird combination to have, but I think it's sort of very common among actors.

Overconfidence comes from fear and doubt, and you boast an ego when you're feeling less than.

I remember working on a show, and feeling so insecure about whether I looked attractive enough to do a love scene. It was weird because I couldn't understand why I wasn't feeling beautiful, even though I knew I was.

I felt puny and absurd, a ludicrous midget. Easy enough to talk of soul and spirit and existential worth, but not when you're three feet tall.

Nobody would stay interested in me if I was normal

I constantly doubt myself. I only feel confident in front of the camera.