Caroline Buchanan Quotes

One of the things that's interesting to me is I find things like caffeine and stunts actually relax me. When they're putting a bit of gel on my arm and lighting me on fire, or when I'm about to go into a high-speed car chase or rev a motorcycle up pretty fast, I find everything else around me slows down.

It is not that I don't recognize the danger in ski racing, but that I don't fear the consequences.

I am sufficiently wary of dangerous situations, but I'm not scared of having a go.

All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.

Danger is cool.

I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't.

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.

I think these shows with the young kids doing these jumps, doing these fantastic back flips, I think they're absolutely great. They did what I never did.

I'm not a reckless person, in the sense that I wouldn't do something that's reckless or dangerous, because I'm a pretty careful person. For example, I don't snow ski. I did it once, and I promised God I'd never do it again if I lived through it.

I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly. On set I was like, 'Give me some stunts! Give me whatever you want. Throw it at me. I want to do it all.'

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

If I was invincible, maybe I would take up some extreme sports.

I used to be a professional kiteboarder. People were like, 'Oh, my God, are you scared of sharks? Are you scared of injuries?' You can't be scared. If you're scared, then you can't do it. You can't train to be the best.

The studio thought I was crazy to perform all of my own fencing stunts, but I loved it.

I like to do my own stunts, but sometimes you need a little bit of help.

Fearless doesn't mean careless. There is a thin line between fearless and careless. I think we need to play fearless.

I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.

I'm not into these mollycoddled sorts of things; I like a bit of danger. I haven't got a death wish, but it makes things exciting, doesn't it?

I need guys who are dangerous to go out and have my best performance.

I've never seen anything that I didn't want to jump off of.

With everything I do, there always seems to be a massive risk involved.

There's a risk to everything you do. You can take off on a one-foot wave and get hurt; you can take off on a ten-foot wave and get hurt. You just don't think about it at all. You just go for it. When you kick out of a really big wave, it feels pretty damn good. You want to do it again.

Make it dangerous or it's not worth doing.

We must substitute courage for caution.

If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.