Quotes About Fearlessness

Actors shouldn't be scared. Don't get scared on film.

When I look at women, older than I am, in their 50s, 60, 70s, 80s, and I see women that I admire, I think, 'Oh, I get it; that's how I'm going to be.' I'm not scared. I want to be that.

I've never scared anybody in my life.

They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors.

Nothing really scares me anymore.

Being in a new country, learning a new language - it isn't something that scares me.

I don't really look at things in a scary way.

I'm not scary anymore.

I'm not afraid to look bad on the screen.

What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.

I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting.

It's craziness to see yourself as damaged goods, so I was the goofy kid who'd stop a strange adult and say, 'Do you know how to get to Palm Avenue?' They'd say no, and I'd say, 'You go two blocks and turn right. You can't miss it.'

It's not that we fly by the seat of our pants. We're not afraid of failure.

I am the only guy in Tollywood who can carry off floral pants and look good.

On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.

I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.

You can't be afraid of the problem. Don't be afraid of failure; don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make sure you learn from each step; iterate, and stay as efficient as possible without being paralyzed by a difficult situation.

Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.

Compton is a much safer Compton than it was in the '80s. People play in parks. People aren't afraid to be out at night.

Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision

The world has enough women who know how to be smart. It needs women who are willing to be simple. The world has enough women who know how to be brilliant. It needs some who will be brave. The world has enough women who are popular. It needs more who are pure. We need women, and men, too, who would rather be morally right than socially correct.

Action conquers fear.

My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.