S. S. Rajamouli Quotes

If you're a writer, you're constantly doubting yourself.

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.

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.

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.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all.

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

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

Self-doubt kills talent.

Lack of confidence - every time I start a new piece of work, it seems I have to spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

I have a hard time sometimes watching my own work.

Anxiety and doubt are among my biggest struggles as a writer.

Every time I make a movie I think that it's going to be my last one, I think that no one is going to show up. I always have this sense that they're all going to fail. I am scared to death.

The temptation to quit and start over infects every creative process I've ever been in. Frustration and boredom always fuel this self-doubt.

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing.

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic.

No one leaves the edit room thinking, 'Yeah, I nailed that one!' Everyone I know goes into their first premiere or their first screening thinking, 'I screwed up so bad. I'm sorry, I messed up.' It's just a real common feeling.

All artists have insecurity.

I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.

Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.'

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

I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song.

My weakness as an actor is that I think too much.

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