Deborah Mailman Quotes

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough.

Stage fright is not a thing about 'Am I any good?' It's about 'Am I gonna be good tonight?' It's a right-now thing. It helps me. If I went out there thinkin', 'Eh, we'll go slaughter 'em,' I'm positive something would go seriously wrong.

I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified.

I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.

I'm always nervous before starting a record because I can never sleep. I'm like, 'I have no good ideas, everyone is gonna see through me.'

You're only as good as your last joke, your last show, your last whatever. The confidence is there, but underneath, there is always insecurity.

I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.'

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.

The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this.

I think I failed miserably on NewsRadio. I was very nervous because of the caliber of the cast - especially Dave Foley - so I think I did a terrible job.

I always get nervous when I watch what I'm in. Very self-critical.

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

I'm just terrible at auditions. I don't know how anyone does it.

I can't watch myself on screen without dying a little bit inside. And there are lots of moments when I think, 'What am I doing as an actor? I can't act!'

As actors, you always have that moment thinking you've been absolutely terrible or a fraud.

I'm never comfortable at theatre opening nights. If it's my own production I'm too wound up to be able to enjoy the performance and too wary to enjoy the event as a social occasion.

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

I'm very wary with impressions - I don't think I'm very good at impressions, I hate doing them.

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 always feel kind of absurd and presumptuous presenting a speech.

I was always self-conscious about the fact that I didn't have as much comedy experience as other people at 'SNL,' and I kept thinking they were going to realize they'd made a mistake by hiring me.

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

Your nerves can get the better of you, especially when it's your first film.