Greg Davies Quotes

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

One day I woke up, had an early mid-life crisis, and decided it all had to change. I went and did Logan Murray's comedy course for 11 weeks and then started sneakily doing open-spot gigs, and that was it.

'Beyond Glory' is responsible for this wave that I've been fortunate enough to ride for the last few years. And that I did primarily because I didn't know what else to do. You might say I did it out of desperation.

It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn't know I could do it but I knew I couldn't not do it. I quit everything in my life and this was the one thing I couldn't quit.

The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step.

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

A lot of people don't just go ahead and try things.

When in doubt, punt!

For lack of any clearer idea, I just started acting one day. It had been in the back of my head for a while, but I think in some ways I was afraid to do it, and finally I just stepped up.

… gumming the bullet

You cant be afraid to take a risk. You can't be afraid to take a risk because you think you might fail.

The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me.

If I had doubts, I would've never walked into the ring.

That was one thing about my life and everything I've done really, it's like I've been on a diving board scared out of my life and someone just keeps pushing me!

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

Necessity makes dastards valiant men.

You can go onto that stage every night, and it's always the equivalent of going onto the topmost diving board, and you don't know if there's any water in the pool.

I always thought to myself, 'I don't want to be doing stand-up when I'm 40 years old.'

Sometimes you gotta say, 'Okay' - even if you're not sure you're ready.

I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.'

I knew I wanted to try comedy and acting. Even if I failed, at least I would have tried. It's better than never having tried.

I have always felt that I was the biggest risk factor and the biggest bet for 'Befikre' because everyone else in the team had achieved something and have already proven their worth in their respective fields.

When I left my band, I had to start over from scratch, and that's a scary place to go.

I think a lot of comedians are desperate to show their serious side, but I got that off my chest early on in my career.

I remember, in 2009, I had said in an interview, 'who knows I might work with Jackie Chan one day.' Seven years later I actually did.