Frank Gehry Quotes

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of adrenaline.

I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.

If you are going to be dogged with doubts you shouldn't be making movies.

When I first started acting, I was genuinely questioning whether or not I should be doing this.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

I don't feel secure at all. I don't know what actor would feel they've made it. I feel like I'm just starting.

I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

Mistakes I've made in the past make me afraid to try new things in the future. I want to be perfect.

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.

In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

You aren't sure if you're making the right decision - about anything, ever.

When you're fearful, you stumble.

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'

When you go through life, when you go through different things, you take risks, you question yourself. I think everybody does, at some point in their life, question themselves.

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

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.

When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God.