Embeth Davidtz Quotes

I try not to worry about what that's going to look like. If you worry about looking stupid, that's when you look really stupid.

I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass myself.

There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

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.

I don't get embarrassed.

I learned early on not to feel badly about reaching out for help, and not to feel embarrassed about saying that you're in over your head.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

You don't have any kind of sense of being foolish when you are acting. When you're younger you don't want to look a fool, so you don't do things that might make you vulnerable.

I don't get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.'

When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.

I don't feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games.

Try not to worry about embarrassing yourself. That's a lifetime's task.

Maybe I have to be more aggressive.

I used to be really scared to voice my opinion, whether it was with the other girls or just about an outfit I didn't like. I kept worrying what other people would think of me if they didn't agree. But I learned that I was just hurting myself.

People love my style because I'm so aggressive.

Raising your hand when you're not sure you have the right answer helps you take risks with your ideas and put yourself out there.

If I had to pick one quality that best predicts success (other than wanting to be successful) it would be the willingness to risk embarrassment.

The secret of the creative life is how to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. We're all in the dirty laundry business and we're being paid to take risks and look silly. Race car drivers get paid to risk their lives in a more concrete way; we get paid to risk our lives in an emotional way.

As an actor, I think sort of relish the chance to take a leap and sort of put yourself out there. You know, it's, like on any film, you just have to be willing to embarrass yourself, because otherwise you are not going to really reveal anything that you have. So I think it's exciting.

Give yourself permission to shoot for something that seems totally beyond your grasp. You may be surprised at your capabilities

I feel like I've been successful after being done with the film is when I see it, if I'm embarrassed, if I'm slightly mortified, and if I feel super-vulnerable, I think I did something.

Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.

It's hard coming in here talking a big game. It's hard, it's hard. It's a lamb coming to the wolves and throwing meat at them.