Madelyn Cline Quotes

I can't act!

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'

I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going.

I'm as crippled with doubt as the next actor.

I was afraid that if I said, 'Yes, I'm an actor,' what would happen if I was bad at it?

I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

Every time I do a play, it's as if I've never done one before. I'm always confused. I always am convinced I'm going to be fired. I'm like, 'I don't remember how to act. I don't know how to do this.' And, it's just a very slow process, and then, all of a sudden, it's just there one day. I still don't understand how it happens.

I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

I ask myself a lot of question about my work as an actress. We shall see. Plenty of friends tell me, 'Of course you must continue acting,' but I'm not sure.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.

I never feel like I have anything. People can tell me a thousand times, 'You're the guy, you're the guy,' and I'm just like, 'We'll see when I'm on the set.'

There were times when I wondered if I was doing the right thing, studying when I could have been going to auditions.

I prefer to be flippant about acting, just in case I'm rubbish.

Sometimes I find myself in this super-raw place onstage where I'm like, 'Maybe that's not the best thing. Maybe I need to shut down a little.'

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

I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.