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“I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.”

Wells Happens Actors Scared Excited Say Anything

Author:Paolo Sorrentino

“After I binged last night -or was it tonight - I was convinced yet again that there were people coming to get me. It was more than just shadows and voices, more than just fantasies....it was real, and I was scared to my core.My bones were shaking...m heart was pounding...I thought I was going to explode. I'm glad I have you to talk to, to write this down. I tried to keep it all together, but then I gave in to the manes and became one with my insanity.”

People Writing Heart Real Together Lasts Night Voice Fantasy Shadow Scared Bones Convinced Core Glad Insanity Tonight Last Night Shaking

Author:Nikki Sixx

“When you say fear of the unknown, that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and its genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because were not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.”

Knows Feels Safe Definitions Scared Woods Familiar Fear Of The Unknown

Author:M. Night Shyamalan

“I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I'm not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, 'Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.' Then I'd go to a rock club and I'm billed as a 'folk rock performer' and in the blues clubs I'd be a 'folk blues entertainer.'”

Firsts Bigs Remember Artist Rocks Havens First Time Jazz Folks Scared Clubs Performers Entertainers Posters

Author:Richie Havens

“I am the epitome of the underdog. By societies standards I should have been dead a long time ago, and I was nobody's gangster, I wasn't a thug, I wasn't selling drugs on the corner - I was scared of that.”

Should Long Has Beens Drug Long Time Standards Should Have Scared Corners Selling Long Time Ago Should Have Been Gangsters Underdog Thug Epitome Selling Drugs

Author:Michael K. Williams

“I want to be able to challenge myself. And do things that are away from what I usually do. Stand-up is safe for me. I can do stand-up in front of twenty-five thousand people, and I'm like, "I know how to do this. This is what I do." I want to be a little scared.”

People Knows Want Littles I Can Able Can Do Challenges Know How Five Fronts Thousand Safe Twenties Scared Twenty Five

Author:Dane Cook

“I was brought up Catholic and we show my mom, my mother, my sister and then I take pains to explain on camera, that there were years after that where I wasn't really religious. I certainly wasn't a Catholic anymore, but I still lived with some mythical man in my head. I didn't really put a name to a face, but I just knew that if I was in trouble or scared I would go, 'Oh God, please help me get out of this one.'”

Ifs Men Years Stills Helping Shows Pain Faces Mother Names Religious Trouble Mom Please Cameras Catholic Scared My Mom Help Me My Sister

Author:Bill Maher

“A lot of people can be very scared about making themselves vulnerable and appearing uncool. I don't really give a damn; as long as it's funny, I'll do it [make fun of myself].”

People Giving Long Fun Scared Vulnerable Damn Appearing Uncool

Author:Steve Coogan

“One of the things that people sense is that you are not doing this for self-glorification, you are doing it for the sake of others. The Dalai Lama has been in exile for so many years, yet the Chinese are running scared of him.”

People Years Has Beens Self Running Sake Scared Chinese Exile Lama Dalai Glorification Self Glorification Running Scared

Author:Desmond Tutu

“What I think is so special about "Goosebumps" [movie] is it kind of a badge of courage for kids. They're scared and then they get through it and they're so proud of themselves that they made it through.”

Thinking Kind Made Kids Special Proud Scared Made It Badges Goosebumps

Author:Neal H. Moritz

“Nobody cared about the riot until they thought it might spill into their nice neighborhoods. Then they got scared and called the National Guard.”

Might Nice Scared Neighborhood Riot Spills Nobody Cares National Guard

Author:Snoop Dogg

“My childhood was pretty ordinary, except from a very early age, I wanted to be scared. I just did. I was scared afterwards. I wanted a light on, because I was afraid that there was something in the closet. My imagination was very active, even at a young age.”

Light Age Wanted Young Imagination Childhood Ordinary Scared Active Closets My Imagination Young Age

Author:Stephen King

“When you ask me what I'm afraid of, I'd say I still go to see ghost movies when I get a chance or some sort of supernatural being, but it doesn't scare me as it scared me when I was a child.”

Children Stills Asks Chance Scared Ghost Ask Me Scare Supernatural Beings

Author:Stephen King

“I dont know if im running because i'm scared or if i'm scared because i'm running.”

Ifs Knows Running Scared

Book:Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

Source: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

“I was angry and frightened, and I was scared. I knew what I had done. The whole night is my fault. None of this would have happened if I didn’t drink.”

Ifs Done Whole Night Happened Drink Angry Faults Scared Frightened

Author:Kim Richards

“Being scared is normal. My technique for erasing it is facing it. Be afraid and brave. Be nervous and courageous. The first few minutes of being scared is your test to see if you're really serious about reaching a goal. Push through anxiety and come out victorious. Fear is just a test. Honor the feeling. Know it's there. Know it's temporary. Face it to erase it.”

Ifs Knows Firsts Feelings Faces Goal Minutes Serious Honor Normal Anxiety Tests Brave Scared Technique Nervous Reaching Courageous Temporary Erase Being Scared Reaching Goals

Author:Chrisette Michele

“The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.”

World Trying Heart I Can Action Justice Planets Draws Calm Scared Better Place Comforting Our Planet Living Things Love And Respect Small Actions

Author:Q'orianka Kilcher

“When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.”

Thinking Feels Humans Government Human Beings Dangerous Development Scared Exposed Human Development Free Thinking

Author:Ai Weiwei

“...in your living room, you're scared shitless. And that's just where the power structure wants you. In the middle of a riot, I've never found anybody who's chickenshit. The way to eliminate fear is to do what you're most afraid of.”

Way Want Found Rooms Middle Structure Scared Riot Living Room

Book:Do it; scenarios of the revolution

Source: Do it; scenarios of the revolution

“Sometimes Buenos Aires is not so safe. You are scared to have someone behind you at night.”

Sometimes Night Behinds Safe Scared Behind You Buenos Aires

Author:Elena Roger

“I'm not afraid to fail...I'm scared to death of dying and having the Lord say to me, 'Angelica, this is what you might have done had you trusted more.”

Done Might Lord Failing Dying Scared Not Afraid Trusted Afraid To Fail

Author:Mother Angelica

“Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.”

Scared Scrutiny

Author:Vijender Singh

“My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I dont, I learn from the match and move on.”

Ifs Wells Philosophy Play Moving Scared

Author:Saina Nehwal

“Wales! Where the men are men and the sheep are scared!”

Men He Man Scared Sheep Wales

Author:Dougie Poynter

“There's something really cool about getting scared. I don't know what.”

Knows Scared Really Cool

Author:Shane McConkey

“The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared me. He preached such an awful sermon I didn't think I should ever see you again until the Judgment Day. The subject of perdition seemed to please him somehow.”

Thinking Should Today Atheism Subjects Please Judgment Scared Positive Atheism Awful Ministers Sermons You Again Perdition Judgment Day

Author:Emily Dickinson

“I never wanted to give up. I thought I might have to. Especially at the beginning when chimpanzees had never seen a white person before.They gave one look at me and ran away! They were scared, but eventually I got their trust.”

Giving Looks Persons Might Wanted White Giving Up Scared Ran Look At Me Chimpanzees

Author:Jane Goodall

“My first experience with football was not very good because I didn't plan on playing football. I was just playing hookie one day and I was a sophomore and decided not to go to class. And the principal - normally he does his rounds and I thought I had him down pretty good where he was going to be - he sort of walked up behind me and scared me. He noticed I could run real fast. So that's how I got introduced to football.”

Firsts Doe Real Running Behinds Class Plans Football One Day Decided Rounds Very Good Scared Principal Playing Football Sophomore

Author:Jerry Rice

“There is nothing to be scared of in movies. It's a bit scarier going on stage.”

Bits Stage Scared

Author:Anthony Hopkins

“I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. Don't be scared of witches, because we are good witches, and you should appreciate our magical power.”

Thinking Should Appreciate Scared Witch Good Witch

Author:Yoko Ono

“I really never break the rules. I'm not scared to say what I think or if I really disagree with something then I'll say it, but I'm not kind of like a born rebel.”

Ifs Thinking Kind Born Break Scared Disagree Rebel

Author:Emma Watson

“When you get that opportunity to be honest and open with somebody, for the first time, and share things about yourself that you haven't been able to share before, that you might be scared of or ashamed about, that's really exhilarating, and I think that's something that people will really identify with.”

People Thinking Firsts Might Able Opportunity Share Honest Havens First Time Scared Being Honest Ashamed About Yourself Exhilarating

Author:Marc Webb

“When you go on a stage, before you go on a stage you're really scared and you're really frightened. You don't know what to do. "Why did I say yes to this?" But once you're on the stage you think, "Okay."”

Thinking Knows Stage Goes On Okay Scared Frightened

Author:Yoko Ono

“I always run into these Ph.D.s. They write and write and write about sustainable development. Then these guys ask me, 'But, how do you do it?' They are scared to death to do anything.”

Writing Running Guy Asks Development Scared Ask Me Sustainable Development

Author:Jaime Lerner

“The men who are messing up their lives, their families, and their world in their quest to feel man enough are not exercising truemasculinity, but a grotesque exaggeration of what they think a man is. When we see men overdoing their masculinity, we can assume that they haven't been raised by men, that they have taken cultural stereotypes literally, and that they are scared they aren't being manly enough.”

Thinking Men World Feels Enough Taken Havens He Man Exercise Assuming Raised Scared Quests Stereotype Masculinity Exaggeration Manly Grotesque Messing Up

Author:Frank Pittman

“As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can't, you have no choice but to be good and scared -- but that's okay!”

Ifs Trying Problem Religion Choices Evil Fear Okay Atheist Scared Be Good Rationalize

Author:Billy Joel

“Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.”

Ifs Motivational Sports Process Trouble Bravery Scared

Author:Bruce Jenner

“I was scared to death, but I made fear score points for me. Fear is right behind me, fear is six inches off my back, that's where fear is. I can feel its presence. But it's not going to catch me... I'm going to take fear and use it to my advantage.”

Feels Made I Can Use Motivational Winning Fear Sports Behinds Six Advantage Scared Score Inches Catch Me

Author:Bruce Jenner

“Every single song has its own individual character and you can't treat each song the same way, because it wants to be treated differently and there are songs that are like scared birds that you have to sneak up on over the course of months in the woods.”

Way Want Character Song Courses Individual Months Bird Treats Scared Woods Treated Sneak

Author:Tom Waits

“It's a struggle every day, to stay present, not to become that...eight year old who was bullied and chased home from school. Some days I wake up and it's like I'm eight years old again. And I'm scared for my life, and I don't know if I'm going to be beaten up that day.”

Ifs Knows Years Home Reality School History Struggle Violence Equal Wake Up Human Rights Scared Eight Beaten Equal Rights Bullied

Author:Laverne Cox

“I'm going to give the people what they want. Sensation, horror, shock. Send them out in the streets to tell their friends how wonderful it is to be scared to death.”

People Want Giving Wonderful Streets Horror Scared Shock Sensations

Author:Crane Wilbur

“AIDS had landed and I was terrified. I was very scared, just as everyone was in the '80s. It was really hard to be sexually active and to sleep with men and with women and not feel you had a responsibility in terms of having safe sex.”

Men Feels Hard Sex Term Sleep Responsibility Safe Scared Active Aids Terrified 80s Sexually

Author:Michael Stipe

“You get those occasional moments when you're absolutely calm, and you've just done something that would have scared you shitless earlier that day, and you've just done it like it was nothing. I find that very relaxing.”

Done Moments Calm Scared Occasional

Author:Christian Bale

“We're fascinated by things that scare us, and one of the things that scares us is violence. Violence exists. It's a real part of our lives. We are obsessed with what we're scared of, but it certainly doesn't define us.”

Real Our Lives Violence Scared Obsessed Scare Fascinated

Author:Ethan Hawke

“There was an era when people would turn on their radio and hear a radio drama. Now, you could be as scared by that as seeing it filmed. In those days, people used to sit by the fire and imagine what they were hearing. Everything is its own art form.”

People Art Form Used Turns Fire Imagine Seeing Drama Scared Radio Hearing Eras Turn-on

Author:Martin Short

“The next time you see an outside day with a down close lower than the previous day, don't get scared, get ready to buy!”

Next Ready Scared Next Time

Author:Larry R. Williams

“What scared me the most was when my father would put on the gasmask. His face would disappear... This was not a human being at all.”

Humans Faces Father Human Beings Scared Disappear

Book:The collected stories: The minority report

Source: The collected stories: The minority report

“In all the years I played, he (Stan Williams) was the only guy who ever scared me and he was on my team.”

Years Guy Team Scared

Author:Ron Fairly

“Music was my oxygen. It's what saved me from being a really lonely and scared teenager.”

Lonely Scared Saved Teenager Oxygen

Author:Corey Hart

“I like being tested. I get as scared as anyone. But the feeling of putting yourself on the line, betting on your talent and having it work; that's the most exhilarating feeling in the world.”

World Feelings Lines Talent Scared Tested Exhilarating Betting Exhilarating Feeling

Author:Conan O'Brien

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