From nine years old, I lived with fear. I saw our neighbours disappearing. I was scared that I would come home from school and my parents would not be there.
Fearless means trusting your instincts and clarity of thought. Once you have made up your mind, don’t be scared of what if.
Families with disabled children are praying for their kids to die before them because they have no support systems. They are very scared about who will take care of their kids and how their kids will have a dignified life after they die.
People are intrigued but also scared about things that are uneasy.
When you say ‘fear of the unknown’, that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it’s genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we’re not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.
I am somebody who never came close to a physical altercation, because I was too scared of even getting near one – I’d probably just start crying.
The first movie that ever scared me, I feel like it wasn’t a scary movie. I feel like it was ‘Dennis the Menace’ or something.
In ‘Straight Talking,’ I had bared my soul, and the press attention had been overwhelming. There were times when I felt scared and vulnerable, regretting the articles I had written to publicize the book, regretting I had opened my life up for all to see.
You don’t have to be fearless to do anything; you can be scared out of your mind. I fear that I won’t get better and that I won’t have time to practice. To be called a ‘jazz musician’ – it’s a big responsibility.
I haven’t seen a lot of horror because I’m ridiculously sensitive and I get scared really easily.
When someone holds a knife to your throat it’s easy to be scared. It’s not hard to imagine what it would be like.
I mean, what are they scared of? Who’s going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God’s sake?
I’m not scared. I always go forward, trying to create space and make my way toward the goal.
But I love being scared. I think you’re brave only when you do things that scare you. I’ve always used fear as a motivator. I’m not sure why.
I saw things before they happened, and that scared me very much. The premonitions would always be accompanied by harsh and painful physical sensations.
I was creating characters early. People didn’t beat me up. I scared them. I hated authority. I could also get people to do things; I was quite the early director. I could make people laugh enough to get their defences down – and then brainwash them.
I’m scared to give gratitude to the people that, if I hadn’t heard their stuff, I wouldn’t be able to make music.
$200, 300 million games, I’m a little scared about that; there aren’t a lot of companies that have the resources or the courage to spend that much.
I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie.
There’s something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.
How can I tell my daughter when she grows up to aspire to be what she wants to be if I am too scared to hop back in the ring because of what some people have said about me?
Feel the fear, and do it anyway. That’s the mentality. Even if you’re scared, just do it.
The funny thing is most people don’t approach me because they are scared, and that’s fine, I want to keep it that way. But the thing is if you’re not scared or get over it you learn that sometimes what you’re scared of is really what you shouldn’t be scared of.
So basically it’s very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn’t be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don’t be scared of him!
I always support anyone who I think is dope, female-wise. Whereas a lot of females are scared of other females.
I think people take the word ‘feminist’ really seriously, and I think people are scared to use that word.
I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.
I need to work with people who are kind and giving. I can’t work with someone I’m scared of.
When I was younger, I was ready to go off at any time. My wife, Linda, and I would go out to the Limelight in New York, and I would see people and be able to freeze them with a look. People were even too scared of me to tell me that people were scared of me.
I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.
I make movies for me and posterity. I’m more scared of history than I am of the studio.
I’m scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can’t fall asleep.
Everybody’s scared for their ass. There aren’t too many people ready to die for racism. They’ll kill for racism but they won’t die for racism.
I suddenly felt the plane go down. I thought we were going to die. I was really scared. I was sitting with my head in my hands.
I suffer from vertigo. It’s paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I’ve been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.
No real fairytale scared me, but Freddy Krueger did. ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ scared the living hell out of me, but no fairytale. Maybe ‘Hansel and Gretel’ a little bit when they were walking through the forest and they met the witch. But I liked being scared, I really enjoy being scared.
It was like a classic thing with Emma. So I walked in and I slammed the door and everything fell off the wall on the set. It was my second or third scene and I was so embarrassed and scared and so nervous about what everyone would say, but everyone just packed up laughing.
For a long time, because I’m pretty tall, I was scared to wear heels, but now I wear them all the time. I feel like I’m still discovering my stage style, but I love – well, I’m not a huge color person onstage, but I am in real life. I like short stuff, big heels, fringe, lots of fringe, sometimes sparkle, yeah!
For some reason surfing… I’m not scared of the ocean so the risk doesn’t seem as great to me.
I was lucky. A lot of people have that. People that don’t tell you what you want to hear, but what’s best for you. I was blessed with great friends. I was always blessed that way. My dad always kept good people around me. I just got lucky. Because of the spotlight you’re in, people are scared to tell you otherwise.
I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.
I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying.
That Dutch style of kickboxing, that’s great. That’s hard. It’s very intimidating to stand across from, but you know it’s very rhythmic on the beat. It’s just something: It looks scary, but it’s nothing to be scared of.
I’m scared of being a one-hit wonder because my second single has set the bar too high.
I think there’s a reason that horror appeals to teens. There’s a lot of useful lessons to take away from reading horror. We get to be scared in the comfort and safety of our own homes. We can put the book down if we get too scared, and no one will ever know if we decide not to pick it up again.
I’m not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.
Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy disasters. No one tells the voters that crime is falling: let them stay scared senseless.
Publicly, we’re saying we’re better at fighting terrorism. Privately, we know that the bureaucracy has only gotten worse, since the high-level people are scared of being held responsible for 9/11.
I’m not scared of big stadiums. There are other risks in my profession, and I love taking risks.
There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
I’m busier than a busy person. People aren’t scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it’s the perfect time to get in with some real serious, heavy bands.
I love to be scared in the safety of a movie theater. It is like a thrill ride; like a roller-coaster ride.
I love fashion and am not scared to deviate from the norm.
Walking into the studio making ‘Scared Hearts Club,’ it was important for us as artists to write a joyful record, but using joy as a weapon because joy is the best weapon against oppression; it’s the best weapon against depression.
The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.
I was a very young 21-year-old. I was very scared. I spent three years at university in west London, and I went into central London three times. I came from Shropshire, and just having travelled that far was enough ambition.
The #MeToo campaign is monumental. It is giving a voice to so many too scared to speak out before.
I’m the type of guy if there’s a haunted hotel in town, I’m staying there and will stay up all night waiting to get the crap scared out of me.
We all are scared of bad things… So when you are watching a film, you see your fears on the screen.
