Quotes About Risk

Yeah... my wife says no more reality shows in case I break another bone or something.

When I was on 'Hurt Bert' on FX - and I'm not crapping on FX, I'm just being honest - there was a point when I realized that they didn't care if I died. If I died, they'd say 'Of course it's a legal thing, but think of the numbers.'

I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk.

I realized - I've been an opposition journalist in Russia for a long time. And I've often considered how real risks are and how much of a risk I can take.

I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that the audience was my partner, I was flying a jet, because the people would allow me to develop the character on stage.

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything.

I've been doing a hybrid of investing and entrepreneurship, which I think initially I wasn't set out to do. But I realized it fit my personality.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

I don't really like hedging. To me, if something needs to be hedged, you shouldn't have a position in it.

Oh, it's not really gambling when you never lose.

If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.

We know the climate is changing. We don't know if it will be really bad or nearly apocalyptic. Both are within the realm of possibility.

Nothing's out of the realm. I think '24' has always keyed into that.

You know, when you do something that's different and out of your realm, you want to pick the right time.

Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk.

I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.

You have to say, 'We think it's going to work. Let's go with it.' Either you're going to kill the world, or you're going to fall on your rear end.

Adrenaline is the reason I do what I do.

If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it.

I've never been able to sky-dive, and I've always wanted to. I've probably done everything else, but for some reason the insurance company won't let me do it.

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.

We don't have real control over death. You could die of a heart attack, a building could fall on you, you could be in an accident, you could have a fatal disease. So, how should you conduct your life? You just go ahead and live, taking reasonable precautions - like handling the mail more carefully.

Players talk about pot odds all the time, especially when they try to justify a call that they made. Whenever I hear this line of reasoning, though, I can't help but wonder if they properly thought through the consequences of their call.