Chuck Noll Quotes

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.

Sometimes I feel I don't know even know how to run.

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

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.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

Ninety percent of the time when I'm working, there's this very palpable sensation that I'm doing everything wrong and should just give up.

I always think I'm terrible. So it's always a relief when I find out that I wasn't. I've had roles where I realized that I was in way over my head - and that is my biggest fear.

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing.

I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And the time never came back.

I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

I want to keep pushing myself so I never feel settled. I don't really know if it's going to end up working. I'm stressed out most of the time.

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

I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.

I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified.

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.

I'm always nervous before starting a record because I can never sleep. I'm like, 'I have no good ideas, everyone is gonna see through me.'

I'm not smart enough and I don't know enough about what's going on.