Brenda Russell Quotes

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

Almost every actor goes into almost every picture very frightened. He is positive he really can't do it. The bigger the star, the more frightened he is.

I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.

I lack confidence as an actor.

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

I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.

I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought it would. It would come if I had nothing more to say as an actor. I have a long way to go!

Oh, you wouldn't want to hear me sing.

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

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

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

It is just down to confidence. When I haven't got any, I hate playing the game.

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

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

I don't feel like I'm very good at making music.

When I was younger, I never wanted to rehearse because I thought that someone would figure out I don't know what I'm doing.

Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.

The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

I was always afraid to write music.

I would love to sing. I would love to do a musical, but I wouldn't say that that singing is my strong suit.

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

I really like singing, although I'm embarrassed about doing it.