Quotes About Courage

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

I don't remember being afraid of anything in making films.

Everybody has had that experience of really wanting to do something and being afraid.

I am not afraid of being alone and single.

People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.

I was told at first that being different was a bad thing. Everywhere I went, it was just, 'You're too different'... And it turned out that being different was the best thing that ever happened to my career. It is why people travel to my shows. It's why people want to hear my story and buy my book.

I want to show people they don't have to be scared of being different.

Don't let that nagging fear - that feeling that being different automatically qualifies you as being wrong - eat away at you.

I'm not nervous being in front of people, it's being myself in front of people that I hate.

Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay black female is.

I'm learning to stop being scared.

I think there are lots of reasons to take projects. Being scared about one is always good.

After you take time off, it can be really scary to do the harder things you used to do, and I personally hate being scared.

You can hate me for being a woman, you can hate me for being smart, you can hate me for being funny, but you hate me because I am doing something you could never do. End of story.

I feel that being comfortable - being yourself - when you walk into an audition room is a really important thing. I think being able to own every aspect of your life is only going to make you be more comfortable in front of a table of people you don't know.

You have to stand on your beliefs.

You have to stand by your beliefs.

Believe in yourself, and don't let anyone stand in your way.

Believe in yourself and never shy away from hard work.

Believe in yourself and know that you're strong enough to get through just about anything.

You have to believe in yourself. If you don't, no one else will.

It's important to believe in yourself because if you don't believe in yourself, then no one else can believe in you.

A lot of people will say different stuff like, 'You can't do it.' They'll say no before I even say anything. You just have to believe in yourself, and there's a reason they might say no, because they probably haven't seen it before.

Belief is so important in everything. You need to believe in magic. You need to believe in yourself. You need to believe in your family.