Esme Bianco Quotes

There's always that moment on every movie where you just go, 'Okay, this is that moment. I'm about to potentially fall flat on my face, and I might as well just dive in and see what happens.'

I knew I wanted to try comedy and acting. Even if I failed, at least I would have tried. It's better than never having tried.

I see things differently: you need to take risks in life.

You can do a good job when you play it safe, but you can't do a spectacular job. You have to risk it and be in danger of looking like an absolute fool.

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

The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

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.

You must risk to win.

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

I have taken lot of risks in life, and I believe that life is about taking risks.

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.

A risk-free life is far from being a healthy life.

I always say, you know, if I sit here and close my eyes and say, 'When did I learn the most in my life, in my career?' It'll always be when I close them and everything I think of is when I took a risk. It's when I think I learned the most.

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

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

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

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 had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'

Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

I was nervous and hesitant about putting myself out there for the pie scene. But I went for it and the results were wonderful.

I had to know if I could make it somewhere else. I did not want to go through the rest of my life wondering what might have been without putting myself to the test.