Zoey Deutch Quotes

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.

I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.

I'd rather speak less because I don't consider myself a very intelligent person.

I never thought I was good enough actually to write.

You're taught from a very young age that you shouldn't get too big for your britches, so I tend to err way too much on the side of 'Nothing means anything.'

I've always felt like an imposter, in the whole, as a musician.

As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.

I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish.

I never seem to get past - I feel like a stupid guy from the Midwest.

It's kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn't be doing it and I don't know how to do it and I'm going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.

I'm only a stupid filmmaker.

Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am.

My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.'

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.' Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, 'Yes, I deserve it.'

I never feel like I've done anything. Swear to God. I'm not kidding. So it's always a surprise when somebody asks me to do anything.

I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable.

I'm terrible. I'm the wrong person to talk to, I really don't know a thing.

Underconfidence breeds underachievement.

I'm a very, very modest person and with limited abilities. I do have the wish to succeed in anything I undertake, and that does help out, but, in general, there are so many other people who are skilled in their field that I feel very ordinary.

We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough.

I don't think what I have to say is that important.

I was wracked with insecurity.

I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this.

I just don't think I'm that interesting. I don't think what I have to say is that interesting. To hear me go blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, who... cares?

We don't take credit for our accomplishments. I can't tell you how many times you'll say to a woman, 'Oh God, what you did was so great', and they say, 'Really? I didn't think it was that good.'