Evan Davis Quotes

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

I don't watch my old films like 'Roja,' 'Dil Se' because I only see mistakes. I see five minutes of the film and I am scared I will start finding mistakes in them.

There are certainly things in live broadcasts that I've done that I wish I could have gone back to edit and make better. It's hard, because you want it to be perfect, and it just isn't. Even in the edited ones, it's not everything you want it to be - but it's closer.

It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.

I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.

People like Bryant Gumbel and Bob Costas are terrific broadcasters because they get challenged every day.

The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

I always hate a speech after I make it.

Perfection, to me, means you spend much too much time trying to be perfect.

If I could take back all the mistakes that I made throughout my career, I would have had a perfect career. I would have missed no shots. I would have made no turnovers. I would have went right instead of going left when I was supposed to, every game.

If I do too many takes, I'm too self-conscious. I think I'm better in first scenes.

I don't get nervous when I'm interviewing someone on film - it can be cut, and we can do it again. It is quite nerve-racking doing things live.

In my work I think what drives me is perfection. I'm a chronically unsatisfied guy.

I will say, there's not an episode in existence where whatever didn't come out the way I wanted it to or is an actual mistake that won't nag at me until the end of the time.

I've never made a perfect speech or a perfect anything. I always think after, I should have done it that way or this way.

If I'm not happy with the quality of something I'm working on, I won't put it out. That does not mean that others won't question the quality.

The only time I judge an actor on set is if they're not failing; if they get it right all the time, I start to question it. I feel like it's too easy.

I wish I had perfect pitch, but I don't, and thanks to the miracle of YouTube, a bad night lives forever!

Such a huge amount of respect for people who regularly present live television - it's a skill and it's not easy.

I think I could be good on TV.

It's very rare I'll watch anything I'm a part of and think, 'I wouldn't change a thing.'

It's impossible to have zero defects.

I hate watching myself because when I watch anything I've ever done, I realize all the ways I could have done it better.

There is nothing perfect, no one can be perfect, and perfectionism is something you shouldn't chase.