Brit Marling Quotes

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

I like to put myself in the most uncomfortable position.

I tend to go toward things that make me afraid.

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

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.

Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

I like to do something I fear.

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why.

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

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

But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.

Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house and read my life away.

I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it off. That little bit of fear creates an energy that I can channel into the performance.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

It's very scary to become someone new, to take that path less followed.

I think there are lots of reasons to take projects. Being scared about one is always good.

The work I like to do is the work I'm most afraid of.

I came across the idea of running towards the things that frighten you. Once you go and do it, you realise that the fear of it is far more powerful than actually doing it.

Everyone's frightened. It's how you deal with that fear. It's very, very powerful. And what you've got to do is get it as a tailwind instead of a headwind. And that's a little bit of a judo trick in your mind. And once you learn that, fear starts to excite you. Because you know that you are going to enter into something and try it and risk.

Without fear you can't explore or push yourself beyond what you've done.

I was terrified to go solo. It's lonely doing it by myself. But I wanted to challenge myself.