Glen Hansard Quotes

As actors, we tend to usually have some issues with self-esteem and some need for validation, and it takes awhile for that fear of not having a job to go away.

Deep down inside, I do feel, at times, that I have to prove to people that I'm actually an artist.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

As an actor, it easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?'

It's great to know you've earned your place and to know that you are right for the role because my biggest fear is being offered something and showing up on set and doing one day and everyone going, "Oh geez, oh no, this isn't, she isn't.." and feeling that way myself.

I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

I've gone through my whole life caring deeply what people think of me.

That's something I go through every day - you know - Am I good enough to act?

I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough.

I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.

When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good.

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.

Actors fall into this trap if they missed being loved for who they really were and not for what they could do - sing, dance, joke about - then they take that as love.

My deepest challenge has been an internal one. It's allowing success to take over by focusing on how many Twitter followers I have or what people are saying about me online, or just feeling like no matter how much success I get, it's not enough.

Half of my anxiety is about whether people are going to like me.

I felt inferior. I had this tremendous need to perform. I wanted to be acceptable to my peers. I thought if I could just be a big star, I'd feel like somebody, too.

I feel I have to earn everybody's respect.

So many people have gone through the experience of not feeling good enough.

Maybe that's why there's an insecurity sometimes in acting, because it's not like there's a correlation between hard work and how people receive you.

I think everyone shares a fear of failure-that you're only as good as your most recent collection.

I manage to think twice about everything / Why will they like me as they do / Or not as they do / Why will they praise me as they do / Or praise me not not as they do.

And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may have accidentally given me this idea- and you do poorly, what then? It’s over; you’re wiped out. All those prophecies you heard in the dark have come true, and people can see the real you, see what a schmendrick you are, what a fraud.

I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.

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.