Phoebe Waller-Bridge Quotes

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

I just feel it's a shame to let fear get in your way and stop you achieving things.

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

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. I mean, some people do live in fear. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

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

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

A lot of guys... they want to take the big shot, and they talk about it because they're scared of it. You never heard me talk about it. You heard a lot of guys talk about it. But you don't have to talk about it, because if you have the confidence in yourself, and your team believes in you, you don't fear anything. You don't fear losing.

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

No one got anywhere by being too scared to open their mouth in case nobody laughed.

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.

Looking back on my life, I wish I'd stepped forward and made a fool of myself more often when I was younger - because when you do, you find out you can do it.

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

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

When you hold things back, when you don't commit completely to your ideas and trust completely in your own instincts, you are guaranteeing your own failure - even if you end up having commercial success.

If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.

There was a period in my life when I would say no, and I didn't know why I was saying no. In most cases, it was out of fear, just trying to be safe. Because 'no' will keep you safe. 'No' won't draw attention to you. But all the cool things are on the other side of 'Yes, And.'

A lot of us are secretly scared, for whatever reason, and so we get in our own way. But if you really want something, you have to ask for it.

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

Sometimes, you tend to hold back, maybe because you have lost a few wickets or something. But when I bat, I'm never shy of doing what my mind says.

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 was a little careful when I first started off. A lot of times, for example, I thought, 'Oh, I can't pull that song off.' I should have just done it.