Zoe Bell Quotes

I remember all the stages in my career where I almost didn't have enough confidence to try for something, almost didn't have the guts to follow something I was excited about doing, because I didn't know anyone else who'd done it, or other people made me question it.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor.

I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it?

I knew I didn't want to be a doctor but didn't know what I wanted to do. I prayed, and all I heard back was: 'Do comedy.' It was something I had never done before, but I gave in, tried comedy, and the rest is history.

I got to a point where I thought, now I have a choice. I can stay in theatre, or I can challenge myself and give this a go. And I want to challenge myself. I like to scare myself.

I always imitated other people and thought, 'Well, maybe I'll do standup,' but I was too afraid for that.

What have you always wanted to do but been afraid to attempt? Whatever it is, it may be your greatest opportunity in life.

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

'Beyond Glory' is responsible for this wave that I've been fortunate enough to ride for the last few years. And that I did primarily because I didn't know what else to do. You might say I did it out of desperation.

To move past fear is a cliche.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.

I told everyone that acting's for losers and I needed to get an education. But something kept telling me to give it one last chance. In the end, I lasted a month on the M.B.A. and then decided to quit, come back to L.A., and try again.

I looked for acting classes in Paris just to do something different than modeling. And then one day I just thought, 'Okay, that's enough, I have to start doing something.' I went to the acting agency and I just told them I wanted to act and asked them if they would give me a chance, and they did.

I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service.

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

Modelling was never in my plan. Never.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

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.

If I give up my career as a skater simply because I fear I won't show my best performance, I would be really sorry later in life.