Geoffrey Rush Quotes

It can be easy to get caught up in craziness or insecurity.

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

The older I get, the more nervous and anxiety-ridden I get. I don't know how to fix that.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

Maybe I think too much.

Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.

I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I worry about all the things I'm failing at every moment.

There's always doubt and fear. If you're a human being, everybody's got it.

And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it?

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?

I would say off the cuff that I am an anxious person. I worry about everything. I need to know everything. I tend to live in a state of anxiety with the feeling that life is some kind of great catastrophe.

It's hard to distinguish when I was actually struggling from when I only felt like I was struggling - which was pretty much always.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It is no surprise then that, according to some surveys, workers across the world value job security more highly than wages.

I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself.

I was not a silly kid or outgoing. In fact, I suffered from quite a bit of anxiety. I used to have panic attacks when I was a teenager, really incapacitating moments, because I had some phobias.

Basically, my problem was attributed to stress more than anything. I don't know what that does and I guess doctors can tell you that there's chemicals that build up in your system when you go through a lot of stress and constant stress.

I'm anxious about work, the future, friendships, past relationships... I'm just one of those people that, whatever I'm doing, it's a big worry.

I want to keep pushing myself so I never feel settled. I don't really know if it's going to end up working. I'm stressed out most of the time.

As the sun sets, we've all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.

I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.

Yeah. I do get incredibly anxious. Almost borderline panic attacks.

'The New Black Yoga' originally was born from a film that I had made prior called 'Black Yoga.' And I was living in Berlin at the time, dealing with a lot of anxiety and stress around the project that I was working on, which is not an abnormal thing for me.