I wasn't good enough. I had a little talent but not enough. There is nothing more discouraging than having just a little talent.
You scared of that pip-squeak? Dude, you got a lot to learn. Freakin' Newbies.
We don't take credit for our accomplishments. I can't tell you how many times you'll say to a woman, 'Oh God, what you did was so great', and they say, 'Really? I didn't think it was that good.'
I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.
I have had players who are good, and who know they are good; I have had players who are bad and know they are bad; I have had players who are good, but who don't know they are good; I have had players who are bad, but who don't know they are bad. It is this last group that has won more games for me than the first three groups combined.
I think I might have exaggerated some abilities in the past. Practical abilities for acting jobs you sometimes have on your CV - I have definitely exaggerated in meetings to get a job and then not been up to scratch on the day.
I'm a very, very modest person and with limited abilities. I do have the wish to succeed in anything I undertake, and that does help out, but, in general, there are so many other people who are skilled in their field that I feel very ordinary.
Scholastically, I did enough to get by, but I was smarter than I let on.
Me, I'm just a hack. I'm just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.
We can spend our whole lives underachieving.
I think I've underachieved quite heavily.
I continually took jobs I really wasn't really qualified for.
All of us make assumptions about what somebody's potential is, because we all think of why somebody can or can't do something. We make terrible assumptions.
