John Krasinski Quotes

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

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

Self-doubt kills talent.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified.

You have people that know they have the talent, but sometimes they get scared when success is in their face.

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.

After the first album, I spent a lot of time being like, 'I'm not really a singer.' That kind of mentality doesn't help.

I had to ask myself if the reason I had never asked to direct before was because I really didn't want to, or because I didn't think I deserved a spot at the table.

I feel intimidated by fashion.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

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

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.

I thought that when you have more success that you'd feel more buoyed or feel more confident. But in fact my brain has the gift of switching it around and saying, 'Now people are expecting something. Now you're really going to let people down.'

When you're fearful, you stumble.

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

I'm wildly unskilled at what I do. Part of me thinks: 'Why do I think I can pull this off?' but the part of me that has to pay the mortgage thinks: 'Just get on with it!' I'll just keep going until someone discovers I'm no good.

I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service.

I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl.

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what you're doing.

When I was younger, the red carpet used to terrify me because it's not about playing a part: you're not in a film pretending to be someone - you are yourself. It's intimidating.

I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.