Quotes About Fear

The thing that really interests me is characters facing challenges that are emblematic of the things they are most frightened of about themselves.

When I was a kid, dealing with trying to discover myself, I didn't have anybody to talk to. I didn't have any Internet and didn't have any friends. You felt very alone and very frightened.

I'm frightened of the dark.

It's like, if someone asks me to do something and it seems like a really exciting project, but I maybe really frightened about it, nine times out of then I'll say yes imminently because then I can worry after I've said yes!

I used to be very frightened of failure.

I'm too frightened to go on 'Celebrity Mastermind.' You really are shown up. Just you and a chair - there's no way out.

I didn't know where film came from when I was under 10. I just thought I'd be a stage actress. I always knew money would be tough, but that never frightened me.

I don't have it in my personality to be frightened of things.

Most of the things I do are inspired by things that frightened me when I was young.

If you get asked to play a part that makes you feel frightened, then you have to do it. 'Medea' is the opportunity of a lifetime.

I feel that Indian women are too frightened. They all say, 'I can't do this, I can't do that.' Worse, their families don't support them.

That's what drives me on, being frightened to fail. The past is in the past. I never think I'm safe.

When I left home at 17, I became successful astronomically fast. But I think my parents were so frightened of me failing that they focused on that more than my success.

The energy that you expend making yourself look frightened and feeling frightened is just as hard as crying and shouting and all the other extremities of emotion.

If frightening sensations are not given the time and attention they need to move through the body and resolve or dissolve, the individual will continue to be gripped by fear.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

'Cancer' is such a frightening word.

I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a place that's frightening because I haven't been there before.

You know what may be the oddest thing about being a star? Stars have an effect on people. It's a responsibility, and it's frightening.

There's something frightening about finding a woman who would take your heart.

My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.

When you go on an audition it's very frightening.

Establish character - otherwise, it is difficult to connect with what is frightening.

What I do think is really interesting is that, as I get older and more mature, I'm really attuned to how frightening this world is that we live in.