Amal Clooney Quotes

I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn't have that confidence. I'm always surprised when I get a job.

You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.

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

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.

I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

To be honest, I probably wouldn't have gone to Hollywood if I hadn't been offered 'Ugly Betty' because I was a wee bit feart. But you have to make yourself frightened. That's what keeps you alive.

I'll keep doing the things I don't know if I'm good enough to do.

Don't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

I'm not great at trying new things.

Don't be afraid to step through some of that uncertainty that you might feel when you're passionate about doing something.

The idea of taking command of your life and doing something that you're not sure if you can do and you're not really sure if you should do it, I think is pretty timeless. We all face those doubts often, if not constantly.

You have to have fear to take risks - and I want to at least try.

When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'

Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job that's paying you a fortune but it's not what's in your heart. Risking things is one of the biggest fears we have.

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 think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

To the timid soul, nothing is possible.

But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.