Larry Wilmore Quotes

Sometimes it's bad to do something you've never done before.

It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.'

You have to say, 'We think it's going to work. Let's go with it.' Either you're going to kill the world, or you're going to fall on your rear end.

If you're going to take a risk, some people will like what you offer, and some definitely won't.

You have to have fear to take risks - and I want to at least try.

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.

Getting anything off the ground is going to require a little bit of risk. That risk starts with sharing the idea.

I feel like every time I take on a movie, it's important that the possibility of failure exists, and of the unknown, because it's a challenge to do something I haven't done before and something I have to try to work out.

It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.

It might be a huge hit, it might not; but you learn something doing it.

For me, the safest place is out on a limb.

Everything in life is a risk! I mean, you walk out onto the street and it's a risk! Don't you think?

Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.

I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

Always there should be a little mistake here and there - I am for it. The people who don't do mistakes are cold like ice. It takes risk to make a mistake. If you don't take risk, you are boring.

You cant be afraid to take a risk. You can't be afraid to take a risk because you think you might fail.

The slightest thing can ruin a scene, but you must be willing to take chances.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk. I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith.

I believe that the constant possibility of failure or possibility of decision-making feeds your creativity.

It's important to take leaps of faith.

Sometimes you've gotta take a risk.

Sometimes I'm wide open, I've just got to shoot it.

'Gloria' was a gamble.

To be an inventor, you have to be willing to live with a sense of uncertainty, to work in this darkness and grope towards an answer, to put up with anxiety about whether there is an answer.