Chris Rea Quotes

I always get nervous when I watch what I'm in. Very self-critical.

I tend to be hypercritical of my performances. That's why I hate watching them with people I know.

Usually when I see myself in a film or on television, there's about a six-month period where I can't look at it because all I'll see are the mistakes. I'm just appalled by the person that I see.

I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film.

I find that most of us actors can't stand ourselves in any form.

When I leave a recording session, there is usually a lot of paranoia or superstition on my part, like I'm afraid to hear what we've done.

It's very difficult when there are pictures taken on the red carpet. I find those things so terrifying that another persona just kicks in. I don't recognise myself.

I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back of the dress circle who says she doesn't like blue.

To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.

Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books.

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

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic.

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

I don't watch my playbacks because I hate to see myself act.

And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.

Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.

My weakness as an actor is that I think too much.

I'm one of those actors who fall into the camp of never wanting to look at themselves on camera ever, thank you very much. I do not and will not, because I am my worst critic.

I'm pretty self-critical about everything I've ever done: stand-up, 'SNL.'

Throughout my life, whenever I thought I'm dancing welI, I'm not.

I hate bad reviews, so yeah, every now and then I think, 'Boy I hope everybody really likes this and thinks this theme is good.' You can't help but do that. I think we all are, or at least I am, reduced to a schoolboy seeking approval.

I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.'

I find it very, very difficult to watch myself on TV.

I really don't enjoy watching myself perform. That's why I usually don't go to see my movies.