Carmen Cusack Quotes

To be held back by fear is to miss out on challenging yourself in different ways.

I've usually found that the greatest rewards in my life come from taking on things that are a little bit scary.

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

I want to try new things and put myself out there and take some risks.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

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'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

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 could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through.

I'm not saying that everyone should swim with sharks, but sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow in order to learn something that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Then you know you can conquer your fears.

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

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

I like to put myself in the most uncomfortable position.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

I'm always nudging myself into discomfort zones as much as I can.

You have to try things! You have to jump off the edge and run through your fear.

In order to press further with who you want to become, you have to take risks, put yourself out there... That's the only way to discover you're actually capable.

It's important to take risks and challenge yourself. That's why I went into acting, really.

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

I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.

I love finding things that scare me and doing them. That's how you grow.

I told everyone I would never be an actor. People used to tell me, 'Hey, you got a good look. You should try.' And I was like, 'Nah. That's not me.' And then, the moment I tried it, I found I loved it more than anything in the world, and that taught me a lesson. That is, just go for it.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.