Varun Grover Quotes

Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.

Truthfully, you're not your audience, so all that self-consciousness and all that - it gets in the way of you actually just being the best thing in whatever thing that you're doing.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

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.

Everybody doubts themselves. Every writer doubts themselves, every artist doubts himself, and every football player does.

It's hard to write when you think every sentence is going to be read by a million kids.

I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

Even when I had a run of successful prime-time shows, I couldn't sit down and enjoy my success. I would beat myself up and scrutinise everything. I'm a natural-born worrier.

I cannot watch my own dailies, ever. I'm my worst critic. It distracts me. I can watch it when it's done, but I'm not the girl that wants to run back and look at the performance.

As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

Perfectionism attaches to what is valued in the culture.

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

My weakness as an actor is that I think too much.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

I don't type my sentences on an arena's pitch, surrounded by thousands of cheering or booing fans - I don't feel pressure to please a crowd.

I get nervous cooking for our little house party barbecues. I'm very insecure with my cooking. I tend to throw things away that I'm scared of serving, even though they might be great.

I have a hard time sometimes watching my own work.

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

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

This constant feeling of, 'I have to have everything figured out' is not going to get anyone anywhere.

I am always in self-doubt... every moment of my filmmaking. I am supremely confident when the story is being written and everything is in our head. But the moment we get into the filmmaking, I start doubting myself - from the camera angle to the re-recording to getting the actors to do their shots.

Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about perception - we want to be perceived as perfect. Again, this is unattainable - there is no way to control perception, regardless of how much time and energy we spend trying.

I enjoy performing, always, but when you're taping a gig, you've got to blank out this mass apparatus of self-consciousness that's surrounding you, this invitation to drown in self-consciousness. Otherwise you just won't be able to do anything.