Scott Rudin Quotes

It's one of the terrors of old age that your body is not your friend. Or to be out on the street and be frightened of someone because you're not in good shape and can't do anything about it.

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

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

I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

You always believed that as good as you knew you were, there was always somebody who could take your place. I tried to work as hard as I could to make sure that didn't happen.

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

Life is shining a light through a magnifying glass on me, looking for me to stumble. I think that's my biggest fear.

I'm too frightened to go on 'Celebrity Mastermind.' You really are shown up. Just you and a chair - there's no way out.

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

For me, every other actor is a threat, and it makes me work hard.

What was scaring me was if we lost, I didn't know how I'd play cricket again. This was such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a World Cup final at Lord's.

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

It's hard to play with any kind of confidence when you feel like if you miss one shot, if you make one mistake, you're getting pulled.

That's the beauty of the play-offs, it's the fear of losing that drives you forwards.

For me, it's not a struggle to go out and play hockey. Under pressure, I feel it to a certain extent... but, I'm not scared of it.

Insecurities are debilitating a lot of times.

What I do think is really interesting is that, as I get older and more mature, I'm really attuned to how frightening this world is that we live in.

Any match you face, you know, you can be nervous.

If you're winning bike races ahead of guys who're older than you then they're going to get upset. When some young guy appears from nowhere, some people who are slower assume they ride dangerously.

I don't want to be a hero, I don't want to ever let you down.