My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I don’t, I learn from the match and move on.
It’s OK to stay at a job that you don’t enjoy, because you’re scared.
People don’t need to be scared. I tickle sharks. I do, when they swim by.
I went to vote once, but I got too scared. I couldn’t decide whom to vote for.
I mean do women like to get the crap scared out of them at the movies? Sure. Of course.
I’ve read every Madonna biography. I’ve also looked up every pop star to see how they first made it. The biggest thing I learnt was that you have to be pro-active. You can’t be scared.
I’m always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I’m going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.
People are always so surprised when they meet me. Firstly, that I’m ‘so tiny’, and secondly that I’m ‘so sweet’. They seem surprised that they’re not scared of me.
I’ve found the best way is to not be scared of the attention but to be grateful for it and open to it. It makes my days better rather than being annoyed that people want my attention.
I’m very scared of water. When you don’t see the water… I imagine monsters – stupid things.
Shopping in Thailand is super cheap and generally high quality. Bangkok is also safe. If you see anybody wearing camouflage holding a machete, don’t be scared. They sell coconuts.
There’s nothing to be scared of. We’re playing basketball. The only thing that could happen is you failing. But as long as you’re going hard, there’s nothing to be scared of for me. I don’t know what there is to be scared of.
Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.
I’ve been scared and I’ve liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I’m in my comfort zone.
There’s an assumption that my audience is all these bearded twats from Dalston. But actually, quite a lot of older people go. For them, it’s like pre-alternative comedy, when there was Dave Allen or Jackie Mason or someone. Also, weirdly, because I don’t really swear, they’re not scared off.
When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.
Female rappers get it the hardest. You have to be a girl, yet you have to be just as hard as the guys. I think some female rappers get scared out of the business before they can make it.
I’m not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can’t be afraid of things like that.
I have nothing to hide, and I call upon those who are scared by the National Front to look up the National Front’s manifesto. It’s quite easy on the Internet.
Growing up, I was a huge fan of horror movies. There’s nothing more fun than going into a movie with a smile because you know you’re going to be scared to death. There’s something thrilling about sitting there waiting for a scare to happen.
Drugs have always scared me.
I am trying to be a girl who is real and has an opinion. Might say stupid things but not scared of men, and for me that’s important.
It’s inevitable that you feel scared when you don’t have control of a situation.
Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.
I was meant to make music in my soul way younger than I did. I was just scared because I knew it would take more of me than anything else. But I was all into facing my fears.
I saw my brother have an altercation one time. He hit a guy with a left hook to the body and a right hand to the chin. He not only knocked the guy out, but out of wind. That stuck with me. It scared me.
If you’d have told me five years ago that I’d have done all this – two books, some television and everything – I’d panic, I’d be scared.
People look at me and go, ‘You must have it made. You have girls. You have a great life.’ It’s not true. I mean you pull the curtain away, and you see I’m just as insecure and neurotic and scared and vulnerable as anybody, you know.
I’m an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn’t tell you.
I get scared as crap to perform but I push myself to do it. I don’t know what I would be doing without it.
If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline.
When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would have excited me, I know I’m onto something.
I’m scared of everything. I think it’s only sensible to be that way.
I got into writing to become a ‘Star Trek’ writer. I was a rabid fan. I had shelves and shelves and shelves of action figures in my bedroom that scared away more dates than I care to admit to.
I never want to play timid or scared of anything, especially when my pitcher or my teammates are out there going 100 percent.
I started out with almost entirely black fans except for a little handful of people in the horror writers’ community, and those people really liked horror, you know. They will go to any lengths and read whomever they can find because they like that feeling of being scared.
Scary is good. Kids like going to a movie and being really scared rather than fake scared.
The most vulnerable people have tough exteriors because they are very scared inside, and it’s very hard for people like that – people like me – to open up. But playing it safe means you stop being open to learning. I always try to find the challenges.
I’m scared of actors with a scheme.
I just really am trying, trying, all the time. But I like to be scared. I love to suddenly feel out of control.
To be willing to sort of die in order to move the reader, somehow. Even now I’m scared about how sappy this’ll look in print, saying this.
Most of the time, I’m not scared. I get on with life, not because I’m a fatalist, but because that’s the most congenial way of dealing with things. Indeed, most of the time, I’m not conscious of dealing with anything.
I want to complement Chaeyoung for her spirit and perseverance. She is never scared of new or unfamiliar things; instead she accepts the challenge. It is really awesome to see this side of her, and I want to learn how to be more brave like her.
I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum’s hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.
At 5 years old, I saw ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ and I was so scared when Costello sat himself down in the lap of the monster, not realizing where he was. My friends teased me. They were older, 8 years old. And my goal was to become a mad scientist and get back at them. And here I am, mad as hell!
I interviewed Johnny Knoxville once. I was kind of scared to interview him because I thought he might be a real jerk, but he was really nice, and I ripped his chest hair out.
I think it’s chauvinistic to think that women don’t like to get scared.
Over the course of history, the people who are not scared go into the woods and are mauled by a bear, are not going to survive.
Imagination is a pretty powerful thing, and when you’re in the moment and you’re riding a train and you’re asked to look scared, I don’t know, it just kind of works out. And in those moments where you’re actually doing some of the stunts, then it’s not so hard at all, because there’s an actual fear there.
When I was a kid, I had two nightmares: one was nuclear war, and the other was that my parents would get a divorce; and when I was twenty, they split up, and I just felt like I needed to confront all those things that scared me as a kid – entering young adulthood and trying to have relationships.
Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and I’m scared. There’s some stuff I don’t know and I really need to talk to you about sex. Tear it off and put it on their pillow. They’ll read it.
I was on ‘Gilmore Girls’ for seven years and had a couple decent years after that. Then, two years of almost nothing. I had jobs here and there, but I got very, very scared.
I remember with my first album, I was so scared of messing it up, of blowing the opportunity, that I blew it.
Most kids have an innate feeling of the sense of God and spirit. But either we forget about it over time, or we’re scared away from it.
I’m honestly kind of scared of horror films. My girlfriend always tries to expose them to me. Being in a scary movie and seeing all the fake blood and stuff definitely takes away from the magic and kind of humanizes scary movies to me now, though.
It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician.
I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don’t like getting scared.
I didn’t get my licence because I wasn’t allowed to. But I haven’t had a seizure for a long time so I could, theoretically, get my licence. But I’m now just so used to not driving, I’m scared of what I’d do.
I’m really scared of clowns, and for a while, I was scared to perform and sing in front of a crowd. Also, I’m not a big scary movie guy. They stay with me for a while.
