Robert McKee Quotes

I have a tough time judging myself.

I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.

I just want to do as good as I can. What that is, I don't know.

You can't imagine how hard I am on myself. Nothing pummels me like my own doubts, the feeling of how far I still have to go.

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.

For me, I'm always hard on myself no matter what, so that's always a thing I have to deal with on a daily basis.

I believe my biggest critic is me only.

I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.

I'm always my worst critic.

I'm always going to be my worst critic.

I don't know anyone who is more self-critical than me.

I am my own biggest critic.

Obviously we're all our own biggest critics.

I just thought to myself, 'What am I doing? Is this how I'm going to live my adult life, banging my head, especially with what I've learned and know about the dangers?'

I judge myself severely.

Rejection should ignite soul-searching, and the soul-searching must be absolutely honest.

I wanted to be good but I wasn't sure if I was prepared

Have I done anything for society? I have then done more for myself. Let that question and truth be always present to thy mind, and work without cessation.

I know I've done good work. I've been very serious about my writing, and I've done the best that I could. But I don't feel that I've done more than I should have. In fact, I've done less than I should have.

He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp.

Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea.

You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.

My biggest competition is always myself. I mean no disrespect, but I do not look at any of the guys as being my competition for the simple reason that I can't control how they're going to look. I can only control how I look.