Penny Hardaway Quotes

You know, sometimes I feel like I walk around with a target on my back with the films I make.

It's very scary to allow the world to see you.

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.

I always feel terrified whenever I put my work out there to be seen, to be scrutinized. I think it's a very vulnerable thing that we are asked to do.

I can't stand to ask anyone, 'How was that?'

For a long time, I had this constant feeling that I just wanted to look behind me. The hairs on my neck were standing up all the time, I didn't know where was safe.

I feel like I'm being watched. Always. Like, I want to tan topless somewhere, and I know I probably could never do that. Even if I'm upstairs in my bedroom, and the curtains are pulled, I feel like a paparazzo's outside on a boat somewhere, or somebody's peeping.

One of my biggest fears is thinking that there are people in my house when I'm home alone.

Because my parents were illegal, they couldn't trust anybody. They were always nervous. A neighbor could be like, 'These people are making too much noise, their children are making too much noise,' and the cops could knock at our door and ask for our papers, and that's it. It's that simple. So you're always a little closed.

No matter where I go, I always feel unwanted eyes following me. It's a dirty world out there.

I feel like I'm walking on eggs and can't take another step.

While there's life, there's fear.

The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives.

I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way.

In the 66 years that I have been alive, there has not been one hour, of one day, of one month, of one year, when there has not been a threat aimed at us.

It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.

When you sit down and play your music for someone you respect, you get that feeling in your stomach of like: 'Oh my God...' You know if it's not great because you start to feel sick.

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

I get a little scared sometimes. A lot of things scare me.

There's so much to be afraid of.

Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective.

Not being secure affects us as humans. It throws us off our balance. It puts us in disarray.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

I'm not at the point where I'd feel safe in a house alone. I would be really scared. I'm the kind of person that when I get up to go use the bathroom I have this big long hallway, and I just know someone's going to jump out and get me.