Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes

'Whiplash' scared me. I feel you should only do projects that scare you to some degree. I get motivated by those sorts of feelings.

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in.

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

I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.

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

Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.

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

Whatever it is that you are doing as an actor, if it frightens you, if you're scared of it, you need to do it.

Without risk, there can be no growth.

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

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.

It seems like the more I live, the more I realize that saying 'yes' is almost never a mistake. If you say no, it might feel safe, but then you end up going nowhere.

I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end.

When I'm challenged, I grow. I never want to be in a situation where I'm not challenged and not afraid. One of my favorite feelings is stepping into a film and knowing that I'm a little bit afraid of what I have to accomplish.

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.

I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance, a little scared. You've got to work from mystery, from wonder, from not knowing.

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Living is risking.

I think part of what acting did for me is it kind of represents all my greatest fears. I'm sort of compelled to do it, but at the same time, it's so frightening. But I think that the things that frighten me the most in life are the things I should be doing.

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

I don’t care about risk, honestly. The riskiest thing to do is not to act. I would far rather try and fail than fail not trying.

You can go onto that stage every night, and it's always the equivalent of going onto the topmost diving board, and you don't know if there's any water in the pool.

If doing anything new, you're very used to having insurmountable obstacles.

I think doing things that scare you a little is a good thing. A little bit of fear is never a bad thing. A healthy amount of fear makes everything taste better.

I like a challenge. I like doing things that scare me.