Enrico Caruso Quotes

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

Sometimes I find myself in this super-raw place onstage where I'm like, 'Maybe that's not the best thing. Maybe I need to shut down a little.'

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.

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

I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared.

I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not.

I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified.

I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not that person. In the first instance, when a record company said to me, do you want to try and make your record, my first reaction was, no, I'm not worthy - I couldn't possibly, and so on and so forth.

Pretty much every time I try something different or do something in front of a live audience, I truly think they might throw peanuts at me.

I never really wanted to be a singer, because I was a super-shy kid. Singing made me feel awkward, and I was really insecure.

If I'm not nervous, if I don't have at least a little bit of the same self-doubt and anxious feelings I had when I started playing, then it will be time for me to go on. I must have that tension.

It's always a long process of trying to suppress the self-doubt on set when you're acting.

We're so insecure, comedians. 'Did you laugh? Do you think I was funny?'

Oh, I'm not a very good singer, and that's 'cause I was always embarrassed about my singing.

I'm not Beyonce or Trey Songz or anything, so every now and again, I feel a little like, 'Are they listening to me, or am I just sounding crazy singing to myself?' I feel like that sometimes.

On the first recording, I wasn't singing out that much; I was shy with my singing.

I always imitated other people and thought, 'Well, maybe I'll do standup,' but I was too afraid for that.

I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be.

It's the scariest thing in the world, going to acting class, because first of all, there's a lot of pressure. I just go back to being that fourth grader who couldn't, like, sit still in her seat.

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.

If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.

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