George C. Wolfe Quotes

I think you have to ask questions that are scary to ask, and you cannot apologize for that, and you cannot worry what anyone else thinks about your journey.

Courage doesn't grow overnight. It can be a long process.

The project you are most scared to do is the one that holds your greatest growth.

Self-confidence is something I've always lacked in. But finally, at some point, I just decided to be honest.

In my life, being true to myself certainly hasn't made things easier. You could never accuse me of taking the path of least resistance.

I think I learned I'm braver than I think I am.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself

If someone says 'Give me one word of advice,' I say 'be fearless.' And knowing without any shadow of a doubt that what they have to give - who they are - is totally unique and not shared by anybody else. And to believe in that uniqueness. It took me decades before I developed courage as an actor.

If your body is excited to do something, that's what you should be doing. Or if it really scares you, you should be doing it.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

I learned with 'Birdman' that it's liberating when you just lose yourself and go after something that terrifies you.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

Everyone tells us you really don't know what you're capable of till you're in the middle of it.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

I try to go with the flow, and I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. I feel courageous enough to go outside myself and try something new, like everything in life.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

Have the courage of your desire.