Quotes About Courage

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more.

You can't be afraid of rejection. That was one of my problems when I was approaching girls: I was always afraid of what they were going to say to me.

There was a period where I stopped auditioning because I was like, 'I don't have the heart.' There's just so much rejection.

Every rejection, every phone call from my agent to say, 'It didn't go your way,' I felt the layers of my skin growing. 'OK, cool, let's move on.' You have to get beyond the fear of rejection and plow on because it's intense.

Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

I think a lot of people can relate to that school is pretty lousy for a lot of people, and it just shows that you don't have to be perfect and you can still be a hero.

Mandela was true to himself, to his people and his principles. He sacrificed everything because he was prepared to be true to his ideals. You can relate to him whether you come from Manchester or Soweto.

You don't have to be a Brad Pitt look-alike hero just to be courageous and help out your friends and come through when it really matters. I think everyone can sort of relate to that in some way, particularly back to people's school days.

Moana is such an amazing character. She's brave; she is so empowered. She knows what she wants, and she's not afraid to get it, and I think that's something that I can relate to as well. I just love watching how she goes along in this wonderful movie and grows as a person and helps her culture along the way.

In every single culture I encountered, there were always women who defied cultural norms to do what they believed was right for them. This phenomenon has never been related to how rich, poor, successful or not successful the woman may be.

Petunia relates to me more than any other. She was shy at first, but she's definitely come out of her shell, I can tell you that. Petunia is like this small little rabbit, but her big huge voice comes out of her little body.

Most people get scared away from having an opinion. It's not so much my opinions everybody relates to, it's that I don't care about being punished for it.

There's a lot I'd like to be able to talk about with relation to Stephen Harper, particularly why is he afraid to debate in English?

I am going to sing lesbian love songs and support gay rights no matter what. The rest is public relations.

Everywhere I go people come up to me, they mob me - anyone who has MS or has a relative with MS - they come up and hug and cry.

I'm one of relatively few stage-trained actors who doesn't much like acting on stage. It feels kind of like riding the Cyclone at Coney Island, which I did when I was eight. When it was all over, I was glad I had done it, but most of the time when it was actually happening, I was just kind of hanging on for dear life.

The true alpinist doesn't want any infrastructure, he wants to go into the wild. And the odds of getting killed there are relatively high. And most people are sensible enough not to want that.

I lost relatives to AIDS, a couple of my closest cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, high-school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the '80s. When it's that close to you, you can't really deny it, and you can't run from it.

You can see players do things in training that aren't a problem but they can't in a game situation. You have to work on it, relax and be brave.

A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.

I used to be really afraid and anxious of taking on too much, and the older I'm getting, the more fearless I'm becoming. Life is so much more relaxed when you're like that.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

If I can relay anything, it's that if someone has a dream, and it isn't the norm of what others are doing around you, it doesn't matter. Reach for it. Go for it - because I'm a shining example of that.