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We're not very confident performers, and if we don't get a laugh we get insecure.

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

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 prefer to be flippant about acting, just in case I'm rubbish.

I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.

When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.

I'm horrible at auditions anyway. Maybe that's why I never got anything.

I am weird that I love auditioning.

When you audition for something, and you book it, you think, 'Okay, well, I got the job, and now I actually have to show up on set and do it.' So, you show up on set, and you don't know, 'Am I going to get swallowed up by these people?'

To me, I don't feel like a dancer. I feel like an idiot trying to be a dancer.

I seriously suck at auditions.

It's always a long process of trying to suppress the self-doubt on set when you're acting.

Sometimes I feel I have no idea what I'm doing as an actor. I just did a tape for the TV remake of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' and I think it could be the worst thing I've ever done.

I don't think I will be able act; I am not talented in that area.

No, I'm never confident with what I do, particularly playing and singing!

I was on 'AGT,' and I was like, 'Well, face it Darci, you are just going to probably get out on the first live round.'

I can't say I'm confident in my abilities as an actor.

The audition process is always grueling. You always hope to just get offered things, and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

Every time I do a play, it's as if I've never done one before. I'm always confused. I always am convinced I'm going to be fired. I'm like, 'I don't remember how to act. I don't know how to do this.' And, it's just a very slow process, and then, all of a sudden, it's just there one day. I still don't understand how it happens.

I lack confidence as an actor.

As much as I hate auditioning - it's so hard and awkward - it's way better to walk out of that room and win a role because of what you did.

I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was quite intimidated. I felt very embarrassed and went back to London. I got British television jobs intermittently between the ages of 23 and 27, but it was very patchy.