Ruth Wilson Quotes

All I really care about is making great music and putting on great shows. I think, to do that, you have to be fearless. It certainly doesn't help to be insecure.

So much about getting onstage is creating a connection with an audience that allows you to go different places and try different things.

I think artists need the freedom to fail and I gave myself that freedom.

I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.

I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.

I think I'm actually much too shy to do any performance art. I admire the big swings those guys take, but I'm not a one-man band.

Hopefully I inspire people just to lose themselves a little bit. That's what I enjoy doing on stage: challenging myself with a new territory, like performing differently, moving differently, singing differently, just let people know that it's okay just to do something that they've never done before.

I think comics do need permission to fail. I think comics do need permission to go up and try stuff.

That's the beautiful thing about being an artist, is you can take risks and take chances and hopefully be secure enough to just keep going with it if you fall flat on your face.

I want to work with performers who really are ready to lose their minds, you know? People who are established and have talent, but who are ready to break new ground and really be cracked open in a new way.

If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose.

Some people see acting as a kind of stroll on the beach, and some people see it as a kind of skydive. And I've had lots of strolls on the beach in my life, so I'd like to do a skydive.

I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.

I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything.

You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

When I've worked with established artists, I've naturally been more restricted, but you still have to take risks and push yourself to do something different.

I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way.

I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting.

For years, I was watching other people have so much fun playing out their version of authorship, like Louis C.K. and Larry David. As I watched them do their thing, I began to pine for the days when I had a lot less expected of me and, often, a lot more creative freedom. The courage that those guys have is always captivating to me.

There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk.

I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

I want to be able to deliver the kind of show that I want - to go onstage with my chin held up.

I was kind of nervous to put 'Learning' out: it's a lot different. That's who I am. I'm going to push the boundaries.