Sean Connery Quotes

I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have to work at that. I'm really bad at auditioning.

I don't consider myself a good actor.

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 not very good at impersonations.

Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.

I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it.

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

Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.

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.

I never was able to do karate. That's calling me a good actor. I act like I can do anything.

I realized that I didn't want to do anything else. Plus, I realized I was good, and, most importantly, I actually loved to sing on stage.

It's weird that I've ended up playing so many real live people, because I was never any good at impersonations at school.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.

I am always surprised to be chosen by a director for a role because I never understand why they like me.

I trust my directors to see me through, for I don't consider myself as a natural actor - or a good one at that.

I actually think I suck. I think I'm one of the worst announcers, one of the worst performers there is. It blows my mind that I keep getting hired. But when I'm doing it, yeah, I'll admit: No one can do it like I can.

I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.

I'm not much of an actor, I'm realizing.

The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this.

It's one of those things where if I do a movie, I don't even know if I'm any good. So, I may do one and it sucks and I'm a horrible actor, and I'll never do another one.

Drama is something I'm good at, I guess.

I'm not a singer, and I'm not a brilliant dancer.

When you're an actor in grade school, high school, college, whatever, you start to realize what you're really good at, what you're kinda good at, what you're okay at, and you start to compartmentalize. But if you know yourself and what you're capable of, it's just a matter of opportunity.

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.