Billy Campbell Quotes

If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?

I don't see myself as a world-class player.

If they're going to cast one person and not another, it's not rejection of your talent, it's just that they want one person and not someone else. As an actor, unfortunately, it's not your job to cast the movie.

I am my own biggest critic.

Of course, I know that I have some qualities. I think I can run a lot, that I'm physically well but if I have other qualities I will leave other people to speak about me.

Obviously we're all our own biggest critics.

I'm not always right for the role. And to be honest I think part of your job as an actor is knowing when you're not right for the role.

Actors, by nature, are insecure. I don't see that as necessarily a bad thing. It is good to question yourself, be self-analytical. You get a better performance if you challenge yourself. If you go around thinking you're great, you're never going to challenge or scare yourself.

I'm still conscious of whether people really accept me, but that insecurity makes me stronger.

I honestly have never really even watched some other things I've done. I don't like doing that to be honest.

At times when you transform yourself and when you've opened too much, you tend to doubt how you're going to face it, how you're going to react to a situation, so it's important that you believe yourself.

I think there are still better players than me.

If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.

We're all human so of course there are days when I'm feeling insecure. When that happens, I take time to reflect on how far I've come and how far I will continue to go - it helps me feel empowered and self-assured.

People who are cocky and arrogant say, 'I know that' and move along. People who are confident and positive ask themselves,' How good am I at that?' and seek to improve

I did nothing that I might not have done better.

You're not such a dog as you think you are.

Seems like the only one who doesn't see your beauty is the face in the mirror looking back at you.

I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I get.

If we had the courage to confront the doubts we timidly conceive about ourselves, none of us would utter an 'I' without shame.

You will never rise above the image you have of yourself in your own mind.

I think I'm still, in many ways, a terribly self-conscious person. I'd probably be shooting and think, "Well, how does my hair look?"

I'm a good judge of my own work.

I feel like I'm the best actor on the planet and I also feel like I'm a fraud. I think hubris comes from insecurity. Confidence comes in a more rooted sense; part of being confident is being able to say, "I can be really shitty," and to accept that. But also not to crumble under it.

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.