Don Johnson Quotes

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

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

I'd be on stage in Ireland performing for thousands of people and just not believing in what I'm doing at all. And it hurt, it hurt badly. I knew every day that I couldn't continue this way.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

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

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.

Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.

I can't act!

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

I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do.

Insecurity is very common among actors. When I started giving interviews and talking to people that I didn't know, it was a nightmare. I've learned how to deal with interviews and insecurity; I've gotten used to it.

I'm as crippled with doubt as the next actor.

I was very shy about acting. I thought you had to be confident. I was confident with my friends, but I would never think of acting in front of anyone else.

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

It's tough, acting. You have to walk two lines of a tightrope. There's the all-consuming fear of failure: I'm about to fall flat on my face. There's that and there's also confidence - you have to be confident in order to try things - and they fight each other all the time.

I don't know how to drive a car. The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I grew up walking out with no music. I wish I had the bottle to dance on but I can't dance.

I don't always understand my worth.

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

On talk shows I ask myself, 'What am I doing here?'

I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia.

I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.