Rutger Hauer Quotes

I used to be really afraid and anxious of taking on too much, and the older I'm getting, the more fearless I'm becoming. Life is so much more relaxed when you're like that.

I am scared of nobody.

Failure? Scared to death of it.

Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

I don't believe in fear - I live my life without regrets.

I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead.

I am totally fearless! Well, of course, I'm not totally fearless. I worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

Once you lose that fear, good stuff can happen because you're not in your head about whether it will suck. Once you don't care and accept that it probably will suck, then it probably won't suck.

I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.'

If you're afraid to do something then you're probably never going to achieve it.

I used to get butterflies when I'd see big dudes. I don't get butterflies no more.

I don't get intimidated, you know. Because I feel like when you get intimidated, you become nervous, and then you turn to fear.

So I don't really suffer too badly from fears - I'm quite happy to engender them in other people though!

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.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.