Quotes About Fear

Whatever it is that you are doing as an actor, if it frightens you, if you're scared of it, you need to do it.

Only by a frank discussion of the very details of dying can we best deal with those aspects that frighten us the most. It is by knowing the truth... that we rid ourselves of that fear of the terra incognita of death.

Pop country definitely frightens me, how popular it is.

I play roles that frighten me as an actor.

Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.

I was 7 or 8, and my parents gave me a rod and reel as a way to get me out of the house. My first fish was a roach fish, and I remember being frightened to touch it. It was wriggling and cold blooded, but it was magical.

I think all actors get scared because we're frightened to disappoint.

None of us know what comes after death. All of us, to some extent, are probably mystified or maybe a little bit frightened of it.

After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.

I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous.

I have always thought - and a lot of people won't agree with this - that we're incredibly driven by fear, basically. Aren't we? It's awful to be frightened. I think it's a very strong, very powerful thing, fear.

Actors are frightened little children.

I think people are frightened of saying what they think, and I think that's a bad thing for society.

I get really frightened easily.

The whole area of creativity is constipated and frightened.

I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do.

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.

I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the educated.

I think that sometimes people are frightened to take the risk of entrepreneurship.

I wasn't frightened of people, but I didn't have a clue about the adult world.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

I think I was a bit frightened of having to be a grownup and tried to put that off for as long as I could.

Bullies are just frightened people.

There are stories I'd like to tell, I'd like to see, and they're not getting made. These stories are beyond the experience of the people in power. They don't understand it, so they're frightened of it.