Rocky Fielding Quotes

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.

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

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

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

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

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

I like stories where people have to face some big demons internally. It always seems to be an element of horror, because it's pretty scary to have to face yourself and the things you're most worried about: your own abilities and your own capabilities and your own level of competence in being a hero.

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.

Whenever there's a role that scares me, I get panicked and nervous. I know that greatness might come because I'm going to get out of my own element and comfort zone.

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

I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.

Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.

I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way.

'Nothin' on You' changed my life: I finally feel that I reached the point where I wanna be at. At times I questioned whether it was worth the sacrifice, but now I see it was.

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

I was 22 and stopped writing plays, and I didn't start again until I was 25. I was writing badly. In college, I attempted to write these more conventional plays, but the theater I loved was downtown experimental theater. I didn't feel like I could do that either. It didn't occur to me to do my own thing.

Success makes you less intimidated by things.

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 have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

For me, it's interesting because I never thought of myself as an action man, but apparently I can do it, so that's good to know.

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

I've seen women afraid to stretch for things. They avoid opportunities they don't feel qualified for yet. Instead, they should grab risky opportunities that will force them to grow on the job and learn to do it.