Richard Roxburgh Quotes

I talk like I know what I'm saying, but I don't.

Princess Diana was a nice dancer because she had confidence. In fact, when we danced together she started to lead, and I looked her in eye and went, 'No, you have to let me lead.' So I grabbed her around the waist and we were off to the races.

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

I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.

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.

Perhaps misguidedly, I always admire the people who are so polished.

I put up a front to make people think I had all of this confidence in myself, which I didn't.

I'm not confident at all. You just pretend you are.

I'm forever making it out like I have got it all together and I know what I'm doing. The truth is I haven't got a clue what I'm doing.

I don't know, I don't know how to do anything. I'm just like, doing impressions of what I've seen other people do, and hoping no one knows that I'm actually just a little monster in a human suit making my arms go up and down.

With acting, I think half of it is just acting confident. We stand on these red carpets and pose in these dresses, but we're all only so confident. It doesn't mean we think we're great looking or anything. It's all a façade.

There are no grown-ups....Everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently.

You don't have to act as if you know what you're doing

Always look like you know where you're going, even when you don't.

I think that glamour is about confidence and really owning the look.

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

In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.

I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not.

This is how I define grace: you're on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. That's where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know I'm prepared.

I lost my confidence.

Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.

Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.

I need poise. I'm just so clumsy that it would kind of save me a lot.