Douglas Booth Quotes

I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.

When I say I don't like my own work, that doesn't mean it isn't better than everyone else's.

I've always known I was good, but if other people dont think so, it can hurt your confidence.

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

I wish I didn't have to validate myself by reading reviews.

You don't feel good about being criticised, especially when you've been loved so much.

Despite my career, so much of my life has been dictated by what I'm afraid of: fear that I am not talented. Fear that people will finally realize that I am a boring individual who doesn't have many ambitions beyond starting a family 'at a good time' in life.

I never thought I'd be good enough. I really didn't. There's probably some fans out there who say I'm still not good enough, and that's OK.

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!

I don't always understand my worth.

I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves.

Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!

Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

We have no faith in ourselves. I have never met a woman who, deep down in her core, really believes she has great legs. And if she suspects that she might have great legs, then she's convinced that she has a shrill voice and no neck.

I'm not as beautiful as a model.

Even though I'm in the industry and I act and all this stuff, I still suffer from self-esteem issues... from the way that I look or the way that I talk... just nitpicking at myself.

My opinion about myself is so based on what other people think of me.

I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness... their 'disability.' And I'm certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.

Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.