Quotes About Risk

I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the hands of some guy who has never directed. Even if it's me.

I love mountain-biking or any form of bikes, like dirt bikes; I love getting out there, although obviously I have to be careful.

Obviously when you do start with a two-shot lead you feel like you should win, but a two-shot lead is nothing really. It can disappear really fast.

Dark lipstick on me is both a risk and a disaster.

W2K will be a bigger disaster than Y2K.

When I take risks, I win. When I do the safe thing, it's a disaster.

You want roles that challenge you and that scare you a little and where you can really discover something, even about yourself, that maybe you didn't understand.

In order to press further with who you want to become, you have to take risks, put yourself out there... That's the only way to discover you're actually capable.

Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life to make discoveries.

Equities are boring; bonds are disgusting.

Adventure without risk is Disneyland.

If there's a country, and it's dangerous, and we deploy a U.S. military man or woman, if there's only one there, and they never leave the capital, that is 'boots on the ground.' We do a disservice to the sacrifice of these people, particularly if they are killed, when we say there's no boots on the ground.

It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.

We had doubles for some of the stuff but a lot of it had to do with there's certain hours that you can dive and then you can't dive for another certain, like 12 hours just for the air and stuff.

I'm a scuba diver but not certified.

Whenever I've done anything where I feel like, 'Oh, it would be smart to do that,' it's always been a mistake. Whenever I do the 'Oh, it would be fun to do that,' it's always paid dividends.

As a dancing violinist, there have been a couple of moments where I'm like, 'Oops! This is an expensive mistake!'

Bobsledding is an expensive sport.

Everything is an experiment.

I love to experiment and take every opportunity as a challenge.

The lower the cost of the film, the more you can experiment.

It is up to the directors to take risks in telling a story and if they want to experiment, they should work with the right kind of people.

I remember sitting on the back of the bus on the first day of the Social Experiment tour with my face in my hands. I emptied out my bank account, and before I did that tour, that was the number one thing I said I'd never do. I'll never empty out my savings.

My drumming is always an experiment.