Whoopi Goldberg Quotes

All artists have insecurity.

Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.'

I have many moments of self doubt. Everybody does.

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.

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

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

Do I have my insecurities? Hell yes, just like anybody else. I can obsess over the most ridiculous things, just like anybody else.

I am not superhuman, and we all feel insecure at times.

I am an insecure person. I have my own insecurities about lots of things, but I am pretty secure as an actor.

Not everybody's confident their whole life.

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.

I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl.

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

I criticise myself an awful lot. I do worry to the point that I don't think it's very healthy. I'm always picking my flaws. It's a terrible anxiety I have. I wish I could pretend nothing fazes me, but it does.

I think it's healthy to be insecure, to have nerves.

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.

Every woman has... self doubt.

It's kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn't be doing it and I don't know how to do it and I'm going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.

Most artists are notoriously insecure, and I fall into that category.

I feel confidence in myself, but at the same time there's these cracks in the facade and those little things underneath that are unstable.

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.

I'm surrounded by geniuses, which is really not good for my own personal self-esteem!

Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot.

Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.

There's times where you think, 'Gosh, what if nobody ever wants to hear what I have to say?'