Caitlin Moran Quotes

If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it?

Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.'

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'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl.

I think I always wanted to be an actor - sounds a bit boring, doesn't it? And I pretended once that I wanted to be a vet because one of the teachers asked me and saying you want to be an actor sounds a little bit silly. And I do still feel a bit silly saying it. You feel a bit fraudulent.

Learn to say, “I don’t know.”

Sometimes I may come off like I know what I'm doing or I'm confident, but I'm not always.

I'm never embarrassed to say, 'I don't know.'

I don't want to give a false impression of confidence where I don't have it.

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.

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.

Probably the biggest challenge for me as a director was to not show how scared I was. I was surrounded by some of the most talented people in the industry, and I had to pretend I knew what I was doing.

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

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?

Self-doubt kills talent.

A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident!

Assume nobody else has any idea what they're doing, either.

I don't want to believe my own hype.

I'm very wary with impressions - I don't think I'm very good at impressions, I hate doing them.

I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.

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

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.