Andrew Buchan Quotes

You do have to challenge yourself. I think scared is a good thing.

Excitement and reward exist only outside your comfort zone. You'll experience neither of them until you make yourself do something you really don't want to do. So what is it that scares the hell out of you?

Most of the time, I do what I'm offered, but after I worked for it. I think I try much harder for the things that scare me and inspire me. The things that scare and inspire you are things that are different from what you did before.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

I don't know if I'm a daredevil, exactly, but I do enjoy a good challenge. It's the only way you grow.

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do.

I think doing things that scare you a little is a good thing. A little bit of fear is never a bad thing. A healthy amount of fear makes everything taste better.

I like a challenge. I like doing things that scare me.

In 2012, I promised myself I'd do something each month I'd never done before. So I skydived. I did trapeze lessons. I rode a motorcycle... All stuff that I'd never done.

With each book, I'm trying to do something that terrifies me.

I got to a point where I thought, now I have a choice. I can stay in theatre, or I can challenge myself and give this a go. And I want to challenge myself. I like to scare myself.

I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. Thats the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.

The comfort zone is the great enemy of courage and confidence.

I like to be challenged acting wise and I like to do things that I'm scared of.

I want to do things where the talent range is difficult and that scare me. I thrive on that; if it's not scaring me then I'm not growing.

I want to be able to challenge myself. And do things that are away from what I usually do. Stand-up is safe for me. I can do stand-up in front of twenty-five thousand people, and I'm like, "I know how to do this. This is what I do." I want to be a little scared.

I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play.

I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative.

Every New Year's Eve, I have a pact to do something I never thought I'd do. So I created this list. You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

I love getting out of my comfort zone.

I don't really feel comfortable unless I'm slightly uncomfortable. I don't want to play myself all the time.

I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it?

I like challenges. That's why if I read a script, and I feel, 'Oh, I can't do this,' I'll take that role, because if I feel like, 'Oh, I can do this,' I don't want to take that because I can't learn from that film.

When I'm challenged, I grow. I never want to be in a situation where I'm not challenged and not afraid. One of my favorite feelings is stepping into a film and knowing that I'm a little bit afraid of what I have to accomplish.

If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it.