Sylvie Guillem Quotes

Do what you haven't done is the key, I think.

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

You can spend your whole life planning. But once you're ready, get out there and start doing it.

I knew I wanted to try comedy and acting. Even if I failed, at least I would have tried. It's better than never having tried.

Nobody knows what they're doing, so don't be afraid to try things.

I believe in following opportunities.

I just say go for it and be yourself, even if you're scared or nervous, because you'll never know what happens if you don't try.

The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine.

A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.

I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do just about anything I've wanted to do in my lifetime.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.

I've never understood why some people hesitate before diving into unfamiliar tasks or activities. I couldn't imagine wanting more instructions about anything.

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

Leap, and the net will appear.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

I had to know if I could make it somewhere else. I did not want to go through the rest of my life wondering what might have been without putting myself to the test.

When you hold things back, when you don't commit completely to your ideas and trust completely in your own instincts, you are guaranteeing your own failure - even if you end up having commercial success.

I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.