Lou Doillon Quotes

I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.

I criticise myself an awful lot. I do worry to the point that I don't think it's very healthy. I'm always picking my flaws. It's a terrible anxiety I have. I wish I could pretend nothing fazes me, but it does.

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.

The truth of the matter is, I worry about nearly every bit I've ever done. I'm very critical of myself.

Do I have my insecurities? Hell yes, just like anybody else. I can obsess over the most ridiculous things, just like anybody else.

I know I have trouble watching my own films.

I always make things worse than they are or create problems that aren't there. And going and doing some simple task becomes a problem. I start imagining problems that aren't there. What people are going to think, who's going to judge me and am I going to be good enough? Am I worthy?

I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical.

Every time I make a movie I think that it's going to be my last one, I think that no one is going to show up. I always have this sense that they're all going to fail. I am scared to death.

And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may have accidentally given me this idea- and you do poorly, what then? It’s over; you’re wiped out. All those prophecies you heard in the dark have come true, and people can see the real you, see what a schmendrick you are, what a fraud.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

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

I have many moments of self doubt. Everybody does.

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.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

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

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

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

No one leaves the edit room thinking, 'Yeah, I nailed that one!' Everyone I know goes into their first premiere or their first screening thinking, 'I screwed up so bad. I'm sorry, I messed up.' It's just a real common feeling.

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

All artists have insecurity.

I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.

I can't stand to watch anything that I'm in. I tear it apart. The worst thing you can do is leave me alone and let me watch what I'm in. It's abusive.