Rob James-Collier Quotes

I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.

But I'm guessing every actor is insecure.

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

I really dislike watching myself on screen. I am very insecure about my acting. We are our own biggest critics. I have to sit in another room to my parents when they watch it.

I think what all actors share is that, somewhere down in your solar plexus, there's this fear that you're not going to be able to come up with the goods, that this is the one movie where you're going to look like a fool, and they should have cast someone else. And you feel ugly, and you've got three chins, and you've gained too much weight, and you're losing your hair, and there are so many better actors who could do this. But if you've got chops, what you realize is that everybody feels that way, so just show up and do the job.

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.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

Usually when I see myself in a film or on television, there's about a six-month period where I can't look at it because all I'll see are the mistakes. I'm just appalled by the person that I see.

It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical.

Actors know what actors are insecure about - and they're all insecure.

All actors are incredibly insecure.

I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection.

Actors, by very definition, we want people to pay attention to us, and so usually, that comes in the package of insecurity. So if we're not comfortable, we don't really show you a lot.

I'm hugely negative, so if a joke doesn't land it takes me a long time to get over it. If something doesn't go well I go dark in my head. Basically I start thinking it should be illegal for me to be doing comedy.

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.'

I really don't enjoy watching myself perform. That's why I usually don't go to see my movies.

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 have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

I'm always so sick of myself after a show.

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

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 tend to be hypercritical of my performances. That's why I hate watching them with people I know.

I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia.