Keith Carradine Quotes

Coming over from Spain at the young age of 21 was not easy, but as soon as I put on a Cavs jersey and stepped on the court, I felt at home.

​​​​​​You're going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone.

I sang in a group for four years, and you just kind of get used to it. You don't really think about being by yourself.

When you are in the big competition for the first time, you grow, and then you lose something when you go back into your own competition.

I'm used to the Journey routine now.

Acting was definitely a comfortable place. It didn't force me into adulthood because I was ready to be independent.

I just feel like my life changed in so many ways, and I'm just taking it all in.

I grew up without a television, so when I went to L.A., it was sort of, you know, a lot to take in, but it actually suited me more than where I was from, so I sort of had that 'home away from home' feeling, and L.A. is definitely home now.

Any time you're comfortable or familiar with something, it's easier than something you're not familiar with.

If you are uncomfortable you are always adjusting.

Change is not a four letter word...but often your reaction to it is!

Theater gave me the confidence to believe I could play something else, 'cause it was so difficult. It was me out of my comfort zone. It gave me the confidence to believe that I could push myself and challenge myself and still succeed. Yeah. I'm very, very glad I did it. And I'm very keen, now, to take what I learned there into more television and film.

Do not resist events that move you out of your comfort zone, especially when your comfort zone was not all that comfortable.

When actors begin to think, it's time for a change. They are not fitted for it.

If we are not a little bit uncomfortable every day, we're not growing. All the good stuff is outside our comfort zone.

I can't see this world unless I go/ outside my southern comfort zone.

[on playing Walter] It was wonderful to be able to play a character who had so many colors and who was able to play comedy, to play incredibly vulnerable, which he did a lot of the time, to play the love story, and to play the relationship with the son, which is quite unusual. That's a gift to me, as an actor. It was like everything you could possibly hope for, over five years. So, I was a very lucky actor.

Don’t hold on to the old when you're being led somewhere new. Come out of your comfort zone.

I've got to find a compromise where I don't feel compromised. I've got to find something equally good that they don't feel uncomfortable with. At a certain point, it's no longer about what I thought was right, but it's about this new discovery that happens with the actors. It's nice when the actor is also a writer.

Every single time when you act in a film, and there's a different director, which of course as actors we're used to experiencing that's what we do, it's a different experience.

Actors don't like to read what they're supposed to do.

You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow.

Everyone has a comfort zone. Worth considering: How hard (and how often) are you willing to work to get out of it? You can turn that into a habit if you choose.

As soon as we are shown the existence of something old in a new thing, we are pacified.

Avoid your comfort zone - it's probably outdated anyway.