James Wan Quotes

I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on.

I'm always looking for a new thing that really terrifies me that I think I can't do it and accomplish that.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

You can't call it an adventure unless it's tinged with danger. The greatest danger in life, though, is not taking the adventure at all. To have the objective of a life of ease is death. I think we've all got to go after our own Everest.

What all my years in improvisation taught is that - if you're going to grow as a performer - you have to try some new things. You've got to be willing to take a few risks.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.

I learned with 'Birdman' that it's liberating when you just lose yourself and go after something that terrifies you.

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the risk.

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

When you go through life, when you go through different things, you take risks, you question yourself. I think everybody does, at some point in their life, question themselves.

When you put yourself out there, you're putting yourself in the position to make a mistake.

I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.

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 just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse.

I just want to portray a very honest character that displays traits that people can truly relate to and can help them - the audience and myself because I learn from the characters as well - help them see themselves in a perspective that is outside of what they know already, and grow from that experience.

Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose.

You can't do things unexpected in life if you're not willing to take a risk, and it's easier to risk your own life than it is for your parent to watch you take risks. It's very, very hard for parents to see children doing things that aren't a solid path. I've been through that.

What you risk reveals what you value.

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.