Alexandre Desplat Quotes

Do one thing every day that scares you.

It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.

I really respond to putting myself out of my own depth and finding my feet.

I'm definitely an actor first, but it's fun to kind of, you know, push your boundaries and see if you can do things that have scared you a little bit your whole life.

To be held back by fear is to miss out on challenging yourself in different ways.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

I love finding things that scare me and doing them. That's how you grow.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.

We have a normal. As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.

I just think it's growth when you pursue something you're not sure you can do.

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.

High school students ought to seek out campus communities where they feel not only empowered to engage their talents, but also challenged to leave their comfort zones. The ability to embrace new opportunities emerges, in part, from a willingness to take risks and to fail.

I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before.

The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

I want to try new things and put myself out there and take some risks.

I'm a relatively shy person, but I love being challenged and putting myself in positions that are scary.

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

I could live my whole life being so comfortable doing things I've already worked hard to not be nervous at, or I could continue to push the envelope and make myself uncomfortable and learn and see what I'm capable of, and acting is definitely that.

I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.

I'm always looking for a new thing that really terrifies me that I think I can't do it and accomplish that.

If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.