Neil Flynn Quotes

I'm very bad with improvisation. I hate it.

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

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

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

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

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

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

I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that.

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

Sometimes I feel I have no idea what I'm doing as an actor. I just did a tape for the TV remake of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' and I think it could be the worst thing I've ever done.

I had a crisis of confidence and ran away from being a standup for a while.

I feel a bit scared at times as I feel if I am not convinced about the scene, the audiences won't be either, so I have to give my best.

It's a little nerve-wracking to stand up on stage all by yourself.

There are times when I do feel very nervous when I start a film. And I feel very nervous before the release. I do get stuck in some scenes, but that's very natural and human. It happens to all the artistes in the world.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

Every time I improvise I'm aware that I could be ruining what it is that we're doing and we'll just have to do it again.

I feel vulnerable when I am underprepared. This applies to underpreparedness with just about anything, especially work.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

I don't like improv at all. It terrifies me. I like to know exactly what I'm going to say. Being surprised does make me a better actor. Anytime I'm afraid of something that makes me rise to the occasion, it scares me, but it's what makes great actors - being in the moment.

Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it.

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

Something about theatre perhaps scared me.