Henry Rollins Quotes

If I didn't do something perfectly, I had to do it again... I grew up with a glue gun pointed at my head.

I do have high standards. I look at everything I have done and think, 'Why wasn't that better?' Part of my motivation is from crippling self-doubt - I have got to prove myself wrong.

I'm the worst employer I could wish for because I push myself hard.

I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.

I am a self-critical perfectionist.

Oh, I am 1,000 percent too hard on myself.

There's nobody tougher on the players than me. Nobody.

I'm going to tell you right now, no one is harder on me than me. The fact that fans sit there and boo me, I'm booing myself when I'm walking in.

You always feel pressure to do your best, and when you know that the story revolves around you, it can become very overwhelming.

I wish I didn't have to validate myself by reading reviews.

I criticise myself a lot. My friends complain about it.

Playing devil's advocate with myself is very, very hard. It's a 24-hour thing. Because I know there's a possibility that people are going to come after me, they're not going to understand me, so I have to be ready.

Sometimes you're your own worst critic.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. Sometimes you are your own worst enemy.

I don't know anyone who is more self-critical than me.

When I see myself on screen, I am always looking at the bad bits and finding fault in something or the other.

You'll go down a dark road if you just dwell on every time you screw up. We play a very fickle position. If I make nine kicks out of 10, people are going to talk about the one I missed.

I've been having people doubt me all my life.

I judge myself severely.

The reality is almost everything I do I cringe about later.

I am very self-critical about what I do. Always.

I don't want to be coddled.

I am highly critical of myself. I am never satisfied with my work.

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

You're always 'too' something.