Confidence Quote by Regis Philbin

I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it, and it dented my confidence. But…

— Regis Philbin

Over the years, I've just been consistently doing shows and getting better, fortunately.

— Nate Bargatze

My parents never discouraged me. There were a couple times when my dad criticized a couple things that I did, but it was nothing.…

— Jeff Dunham

When I turned professional, what I was really aiming for was to be in the top 100, try to hold the top 100 for…

— Jim Courier

I had opportunities to stay on shows for long periods of time, and maybe financially that would have been good, but I feel good…

— Jimmy Smits

Whether it was audition after audition or facing media with little exposure, there were times I hit rock bottom, but then, I am not…

— Mrunal Thakur

I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.

— Ester Dean

I had to work at it - audition and fail, get things and lose others. If you really want something, you keep going.

— Danielle Macdonald

I had a really tough time for a few years. My show was gone. My phone wasn't ringing. There wasn't one job offer. And…

— Ellen DeGeneres

I stopped getting films. So I had to move to television. I kept myself alive with stage shows.

— Payal Rohatgi

The only road to good shows is bad ones. Just go start having a bad time, and if you don't give up, you will…

— Louis C. K

I very rarely go back to do shows again. I'm done once I've learned the lessons I need to learn.

— Brandon Victor Dixon