Joe Mantello Quotes

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

I like to do something I fear.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

I came across the idea of running towards the things that frighten you. Once you go and do it, you realise that the fear of it is far more powerful than actually doing it.

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

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

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.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.

But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

I think it takes a lot to put oneself in a place where, you know, that thing about "Feel the fear and do it anyway." You wonder what the driving force is that makes you want to do that and not just stay in a safer place.

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

Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

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.

I've been scared and I've liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I'm in my comfort zone.

Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose.

I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.

My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.

But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why.

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.