Trent Reznor Quotes

I'm a masochist in some ways. I look for things that I think I can't do, then, for some bizarre reason, I really want to do them. Maybe one day I'll take the easy route.

Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.

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

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

You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

I just want to challenge myself and play some different characters.

You want roles that challenge you and that scare you a little and where you can really discover something, even about yourself, that maybe you didn't understand.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

I choose things that challenge me. I was afraid of the camera - that's why I chose to do 'Private Practice.' It's not like I left the theater.

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 was a swimsuit model, and I got bored. Acting was challenging. It was very hard and intimidating. We choose to do things in life sometimes that scare the crap outta us. Performing in front of people was my challenge.

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid of now is of being someone I don't like much.

I always want to keep challenging myself to do something that I don't even have the foresight to know what it's going to be.

If it scares me, it means I'm supposed to do it.

I like putting myself in uncomfortable situations.

In 2012, I promised myself I'd do something each month I'd never done before. So I skydived. I did trapeze lessons. I rode a motorcycle... All stuff that I'd never done.

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

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

I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end and see if you can swim.

If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences.

The risk is only in the outcome. You're going on a journey. You're going somewhere to play. And at that time, it felt right to spend that 11 or 12 days exploring this kind of role because it was so different and so challenging for me. It was really exciting to be able to show people, "Look, this is very different. Isn't it interesting?"

The best things happen at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.

My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go. Whether it's going out and auditioning for the play or trying out for the basketball team, you have to explore your boundaries and see where you really want to go and the only way you can do that is to break out of your shell.