When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren’t actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.
I was always the guy – out of insecurities, I was always making fun, even as a kid.
I used to carry a briefcase instead of a school bag when going to school because I was shy and introverted then. But over the years, especially Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) helped me overcome these insecurities and scale greater heights.
It’s that beautiful thing to love your weaknesses, your insecurities, and then put them all on blast. That’s why I started writing, and that’s why it was so hard to do it in public.
Working on this album has been very emotional and super personal, and creating this character ‘Cry Baby’ helped me deal with my own insecurities.
I’m a woman – I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have insecurities.
A-Frame became an expression of creating a place where everyone would feel comfortable, even if you were made to feel uncomfortable in restaurants before. It’s a place where I explored my own insecurities as far as being mistreated in restaurants or being given the worst table.
You win the presidency by connecting with the American people’s gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.
I am an insecure person. I have my own insecurities about lots of things, but I am pretty secure as an actor.
Some people will be quite happy you have failed and will find a way to tell you so directly and indirectly. Yep, that is life. Do not let their insecurities impact you.
Never reveal your insecurities to a man, because nine times out of 10 they have no idea they even exist.
When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere.
I was mostly bullied by my classmates. People would come up to me and say, ‘You’re so dark.’ I’d always fight back by calling out one of their insecurities, like, ‘Well, you have a big nose.’ Today, I’d tell them that I really love them. I’d thank them because they made me realize how unique I am.
At times, my insecurities were real. How am I going to get back into the team? I felt like I was climbing a ladder that was never-ending at times.
The way I approach my insecurities is by making sure I’m the first person laughing at myself.
I know there are insecurities in being an actor. There are certain compromises you need to make, but they are all worth it.
Celebrities are often perceived as these perfect beings but I didn’t feel like that and the more I shouted from the rooftops about my bad skin, the more people realised I’m just a normal girl with normal insecurities.
Everyone has those insecurities, everyone doubts themselves but it’s how we handle that as humans and as people and how we support one another and how we really embrace the things that make us unique.
My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that’s the reason I chose drama – to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it.
I’ve hurt people unnecessarily when it was about my own insecurities. But you have to make those mistakes to become a better person.
At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers can identify with them.
I think the stigma surrounding mental illness and also the stigma surrounding self-esteem issues or insecurities or just even feeling different is something that doesn’t really get enough attention. Everybody struggles with feeling alone or that they are going through something they don’t quite understand.
Life’s too short to deal with other people’s insecurities.
I’m very comfortable in my skin. Everyone has insecurities – I joke around about wishing I had more cheeks – but I’m happy with who I am. You have to make do with what you have. If you carry yourself right, you can make anything look good.
I still have very normal insecurities, but I’ve always been made to feel like a body is a body, and it’s not supposed to look like what you see in the media.
I have my insecurities, and some days you don’t want to be photographed. You notice all of your flaws even if others don’t notice them. Photo shoots also feel very vain because it’s all about you and your looks and your face. I feel I work better on camera.
Sherlock is a portrait of humanity – he takes nature’s gift of thought and runs with it, bringing along all the human struggles, fears, and insecurities. He’s the hero we could see ourselves being.
I’d my own insecurities while portraying the role of James Bond.
We all have our insecurities – no matter what shape or size we are.
Although we may think we’re masking our insecurities or portraying ourselves in the most favorable light, our behavior on social media reveals more than we might think. It’s not just what we post on Facebook that reveals information about our personalities – it’s also what we don’t post that can be quite telling.
We all have insecurities. It takes maintenance and constant practice to first identify what they are so we can have an understanding of how we tick and, second, to put forth the action to deal with them.
The more successful I become, the more I want to remain like me, with my defects and insecurities.
I think I’m most proud of the fact that I was able to overcome the insecurities that were going to keep me from living my dream, which was just learning to turn off those little voices in your head that tell you you’re not capable of doing something.
The arts capture our insecurities, quicken our instincts, guide us through threats. They help us know ourselves. They help us know each other. They help us know better.
It’s hard to remember, when you look at a magazine or when you look at pictures of people, and you forget that those people are people like you. They have flaws and insecurities. That’s so easy to forget, even for me, as somebody who’s sometimes in those magazines.
I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had.
I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else’s insecurities to be your own.
You know, we have to take these characters – who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional – and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities.
So many people have said to me that when you become a school parent, it is like going back to school yourself. Some of those insecurities come out and are projected through your child.
Many times I’ve sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can.
When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you’d be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.
Having a Hummer is stupid. It’s stupid to waste that much gas. It’s stupid to waste that much money on gas. It’s stupid to parade your insecurities on public roads. Hummers are stupid-looking.
I am really driven, but my drive doesn’t effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.
We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.
Everything I was told should be my greatest insecurities and weaknesses, everything that I’ve been labeled – short, nerdy, skinny, weak, impulsive, ugly, tomboy, poor, rebel, loud, freak, crazy – turned out to be my greatest strengths. I didn’t become successful in spite of them. I became successful because of them.
I suffer from an amazing amount of insecurities, and I’m grateful that my body image, it’s normally not something I pay attention to.
If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization.
I think so many women out there start with a lot of insecurities about their skin tone and whatever it is about their hair or whatever is they feel a little bit uncomfortable with.
The only difference between Benito and Bad Bunny is 16 million followers on Instagram. And the money that Bad Bunny has in the bank. Benito had, like, $7. The numbers are different, but I’m still the same. Even my insecurities remain the same.
Don’t let the insecurities of others dull your sparkle. Shine like the star you are born to be.
I discovered that my insecurities and my flaws were things that I actually need to embrace, and I let them become my superpowers.
Being a Middle Eastern girl in America with a name no one could pronounce was not easy, so I turned to make-up and cosmetics as a way to deal with my insecurities, thus creating my long-term relationship with beauty.
I seem to be able to disassociate my insecurities. I know a lot of actors – some of the best actors in the world – can’t bear to watch themselves and I have to say I can’t relate to that.
