Stephen Colbert Quotes

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

Census figures be damned: If you choose to be alone, you're destined to spend a certain amount of time wondering why.

I'm often prone to self-doubt about everything I do.

The hardest period in life is one’s twenties. It’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous, and you’re physically in peak condition. But it’s actually when you’re most insecure and full of self-doubt. When you don’t know what’s going to happen, it’s frightening.

I don't believe anyone ever suspects how completely unsure I am of my work and myself and what tortures of self-doubting the doubt of others has always given me.

By some fluke, my folks forgot to ask me the question most crucial to ensuring a lifetime of self-doubt: 'What if you fail?

For the few little successes I may seem to have, there are acres of misgivings and self-doubt.

Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt.

I don't feel secure at all. I don't know what actor would feel they've made it. I feel like I'm just starting.

I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself.

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

You aren't sure if you're making the right decision - about anything, ever.

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.

I'm anything but confident.

I lost my confidence.

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

I'm really not that confident!

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.

I don't even know how to spell 'legacy!'

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

I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Shine. I do not know why. I was pretty restless, I had been through a bad period of stress induced anxiety - panic attacks - and I was not sure of what I wanted to do.

These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from.

It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet. Because, despite what I've achieved in my career, I'm always wondering when somebody's gonna tap me on the shoulder and say, 'OK, the gig is up.'