James Hillman Quotes

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.

I told everyone that acting's for losers and I needed to get an education. But something kept telling me to give it one last chance. In the end, I lasted a month on the M.B.A. and then decided to quit, come back to L.A., and try again.

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

Moving out to L.A. for me was a leap of faith. I was very secure in my dinner theater world; I loved it, and I was just like, 'I think there's something else out there for me and I just have to go for it.'

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

So often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go. One of the most daring things I've done is drop out of graduate school. I had no job, but something inside me was saying, 'Go! Be in the world!' I had to listen to myself, and it worked out. I still think, 'Who was that girl?'

You can't get anywhere in life without taking risks.

I don't have any regrets. When I quit college and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, it was so that I would not look back and have any regrets.

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 am absolutely terrified to move... I truly, truly believe that success lies outside of your comfort zone, and my house has been the greatest comfort zone for me.

I knew I didn't want to be a doctor but didn't know what I wanted to do. I prayed, and all I heard back was: 'Do comedy.' It was something I had never done before, but I gave in, tried comedy, and the rest is history.

I live on having a challenge when the line is really thin. I like it the most when you have no clue what is going to happen.

I don't know what my daughter will become.

I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.'

'Beyond Glory' is responsible for this wave that I've been fortunate enough to ride for the last few years. And that I did primarily because I didn't know what else to do. You might say I did it out of desperation.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue.

Like everybody, I'm making up my life as I go along.

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

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

I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college.

You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.