Eminem Quotes

I was almost tragically shy, like, clinically. I should've been admitted somewhere. I think my parents knew, but maybe they didn't think much about it. It's hard walking the Earth shy. You miss out on a lot.

I couldn't get a date, but I couldn't be quite sure how unattractive I'd become. I was still friendly; I made jokes, and in my mind, if I saw a woman smiling at me... I still had a chance. I did not.

I never got picked on, but I never had a lot of friends. When I talked to my parents about it, they said, 'They're just jealous because you're beautiful and talented.' It was probably one of the worst things they could have told me, because I became self-conscious.

My confidence wavers between being genuine and being insecure.

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 was a very repressed young person. I wasn't good at school. I didn't fit in.

Many people are insecure of many people.

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

I hope people don't get bored of me. That fear is always there.

As a child, I was so deeply insecure.

I always have doubts. I am weary of people.

I didn't have any relationships in my teenage years, as I felt I was not attractive enough.

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.

I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls.

This weird thing that musicians have... it's got something to do with approval, and not feeling good enough, and therefore going out and being great somehow makes your life valid.

A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

I think there's a time in your life where you don't feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you're a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in.

I just want everyone to like me. That's my main flaw.

There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.

At school I pretended I had a normal life, but I felt lonely all the time and different from everyone else. I never felt like I fit in, and I wasn't allowed to participate in after-school activities, go to sports events or parties or date boys. Many times I had to make up stories about why I couldn't do anything with my classmates.

As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.

I don't believe anyone wants to hear what I have to say.

Even at age 10, I already knew that I was different from most people. My anxiety disorder was still years from being diagnosed, but it affected me quite deeply. I was too afraid to speak out in class, too nervous to make real friends.