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“I also remember when I watched Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1990] at, like, age 15. That scared the crap out of me. Because it didn't operate inside the usual conventions of the horror genre in the way that I could accept. I can accept horny teenager counselors being murdered at camp. But I couldn't accept the derangement of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which was that anyone could be murdered at any moment - whole families, with no build-up music and no meaning. It terrified me.”

“I've always been quite careful about what I wanted to do. I've just never wanted to revisit old ground or do something that's easy. I want to do something that I would look at and go, "I don't know what to do!" The most exciting thing is when you're a bit scared, so I'm looking to find something that's really terrifying.”

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Author:Carey Mulligan

“I'm kind of a scaredy cat - I don't watch a ton of them. I mean, I started reaching this script at night and had to wait until the next morning to finish it so it would be light out. It really scared me. The scary movies I like are The Others and Pan's Labyrinth - they're so scary but they're about real things, and hopefully this is too.”

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Author:Keri Russell

“I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.”

People Thinking Scared

Author:Yelawolf

“I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the first time and the doors closed between me and my Mom, and I was so scared. I could see her through the window and I didn't know what to do. I got off at the next stop and she caught up to me, but I couldn't stop crying.”

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Author:Skylar Grey

“It was a dangerous profession I had chosen ... because no one likes a funny kid. In fact, adults are scared silly of them and tend to warn children who act out that they are going to wind up in prison or worse. It is only when you grow up that they pay you vast sums of money to make them laugh.”

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Book:Leaving home: a memoir

Source: Leaving home: a memoir

“I have a lot of tics and phobias. I hate to travel. I hate to go to festivals. I hate it when somebody gets close behind me. I'm scared of the darkness. I hate open doors.”

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Book:Ingmar Bergman: Interviews

Source: Ingmar Bergman: Interviews

“Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.”

Persons Real Reality Jesus Lonely Scared Real Person Sorrowful

Author:M. Scott Peck

“No I don't get scared when returning kicks or worry about getting hurt. I have been doing this since childhood so I am used to it.”

Has Beens Used Hurt Worry Childhood Scared Kicks Getting Hurt

Author:Dante Hall

“A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it.”

“The same thing could have happened on Halloween if somebody in the neighborhood had jumped out and scared him.”

Ifs Happened Scared Neighborhood Halloween

Author:Walt Disney

“I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.”

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Author:Heston Blumenthal

“The ultimate horror movie for a really un-illuminated being is an enlightened person. They are scared of others seeing what they are all about and what they really do. They are scared of truth.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“We all have talents that, sometimes, we never quite fulfill. We're all scared, deep down, but maybe we just need to lay it on the line and explore our abilities and just not be afraid of failing.”

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Author:Chrissie Wellington

“I'm not scared to lose, I'm not scared to get knocked out. I'm scared of not going for it.”

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Author:Gilbert Melendez

“I'm always scared when I fight. But that fear is what keeps me more alert and more focused. It's good to have fear.”

Fighting Scared Focused Mma

Author:Georges St-Pierre

“I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.”

Persons Scared Courageous Mma

Author:Ronda Rousey

“People think modeling's mindless, that you just stand there and pose, but it doesn't have to be that way. I like to have a lot of input. I know how to wear a dress, whether it should be shot with me standing up or sitting.”

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Author:Linda Evangelista

“Nervous and scared is a good thing, it's your friend. You feel more on the edge, you feel like you're about to fall down the river, it's a good thing for me. I like that feeling.”

Feels Feelings Fall Like You Rivers Good Things Edges Scared Nervous Mma Falling Down

Author:Georges St-Pierre

“My one fear is failure and that's one fear I have to face all the time. Yes, it's uncomfortable to be scared but I'm finally comfortable being uncomfortable.”

Faces Comfortable Scared Uncomfortable Mma

Author:Ronda Rousey

“Your body can dictate your mind, so when I walk to a fight a lot of times I'm scared, I'm scared to death, I have a lot of doubts of myself, I'm afraid to fail, I'm afraid to be humiliated in front of everybody; but what happens, I act like it's impossible for me to fail and that my victory is a certainty. So as I'm walking to the Octagon and I act with confidence my body takes over my mind and I become confident for real. As I'm walking I see the change in my mind and when I reach the Octagon I'm a different person, I'm very confident.”

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Author:Georges St-Pierre

“I'm not scared to fail, I'm not scared to lose, I'm not scared to die, for that matter... It's going to work out the way it's supposed to work out.”

Way Matter Dies Loses Failing Scared Work Out Mma Going To Work

Book:Becoming the Natural: My Life In and Out of the Cage

Source: Becoming the Natural: My Life In and Out of the Cage

“Am I nervous? Yeah. Am I scared? Sure. But I do this because I love it.”

Yeah Scared Nervous Mma

Author:Cat Zingano

“Somebody is going to win & somebody is not, and that's fine... But we will never refuse to participate because we're scared to fail.”

Winning Failing Fine Scared Refuse Mma

Author:Chael Sonnen

“I think it makes your stronger to admit that you're scared, because you're not scared to say that you're scared.”

Thinking Stronger Scared Mma Your Strong

Author:Georges St-Pierre

“When it came to hip-hop... I don't know. Maybe I was insecure. You know, this is the early '90s. If you were a white guy, and you were rapping, that wasn't as accepted yet. I was scared of the quiet Northeast suburbs, so I couldn't embrace my full rapper self.”

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Author:Charlie Day

“I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.”

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Author:Dave Grohl

“I think horror movies are still - this can be said of all movies - but being with a group of people scared together is more and more something unusual and fun. Especially for kids who are going out less generally.”

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Author:Jason Blum

“I think there's a limit. People want to be scared, but not every weekend, maybe every third weekend.”

People Thinking Want Limits Thirds Scared Weekend

Author:Jason Blum

“I'm scared that if I collaborated on something with somebody, I would be in some way losing my own contact with what I was going and tempting fate.”

Ifs Way Would Be My Own Fate Losing Scared Contact Tempting Tempting Fate

Author:Joan Juliet Buck

“I need to not be scared of not having someone there to back me up. I just need to tackle things on my own. I feel like I have the power in me to make it work.”

Needs Feels My Own Scared

Author:Cher Lloyd

“I listen to him [Chief Keef] the most. I like his older mixtapes a little better though, because old Chief Keef scared me - I thought he was about to pop up out of nowhere with a hoodie on and shoot me.”

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Author:Danny Brown

“I don't think I've ever been as scared in my life as I was to be extraordinarily honest with my kids.”

Thinking Kids Honest Scared

Author:Bruce Jenner

“We are all selfish, scared and stupid.”

Stupid Scared Selfish

Author:Kieran Flanagan

“Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together.”

Broken Scared Screwed Up Clingy

Author:Anne Lamott

“I get scared when I approach teachers and tell them that I'll probably be able to attend only half the classes, .. I'm scared that they're going to drop me. In the fall of 2002 I signed up for five classes and had to drop three of them.”

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Author:Amanda Beard

“To get scared is something not in my personality.”

Personality Scared

Author:Ram Kapoor

“If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die.”

Ifs Dies Given Scared Live Life

Book:Slammed

Source: Slammed

“If you limit yourself, in my opinion you’re just saying, ‘We’re not supposed to win this game.’ You’re playing into their hands. You are scared of what of this team does. You can’t go into the game scared, that’s for sure. Richard Sherman, a great player but you have to play football.”

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Author:Charles Woodson

“Our lives are pretty calm. Merging on the freeway in the closest you get to risking your life. So what’s missing now is that primal emotion of being scared to death, and I think that’s why people crave thrills like roller coasters or scary movies. They give you the chance to feel this very primal emotion in a very controlled environment.”

“I get scared when I think I'm going to miss my flight. I get obsessed when I actually miss a flight.”

Thinking Missing Scared Flight Obsessed

Author:Boman Irani

“Many of the Bible characters fell just in the things in which they were thought to be strongest. Moses failed in his humility, Abraham in his faith, Elijah in his courage, for one woman scared him away to that juniper-tree; and Peter, whose strong point was boldness, was so frightened by a maid, as to deny his Lord.”

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Author:Dwight L. Moody

“In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.”

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Author:Bill Gates

“My daddy always said being brave wasn’t not being scared. Being brave was keeping going when you were.”

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Book:Whistling Past the Graveyard

Source: Whistling Past the Graveyard

“I went to Columbia University because they were doing a study on people who suffered from panic attacks, and because I suffered from panic attacks my whole life, I decided to be a part of it. They had this questionnaire where they asked, How many units of alcohol do you have in a month? The top answer was 40 or more, and I got really scared because I was having on average 60 or 70 drinks a week. And I realized that that was a bad sign.”

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Author:Moby

“There seems to be a notion in Hollywood that if you want to make money, you have to sacrifice doing good work with integrity. And I think that's bullshit. I think that's an excuse, and it's what people say who are scared that they can't do good work.”

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Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“One of the best compliments I ever got was "You know what I like about you? You're smart enough to be scared. So many guys come on cocky, they don't want to go over their stuff, they don't want to do a pre-interview. You're always smart enough to be worried till the last minute."”

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Author:Scott Raab

“Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared.”

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Author:Alexa Von Tobel

“You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared. You go through the emotional roller coaster at what it's like to compete at the Olympic level and you let that run through your whole body.”

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Author:Bode Miller

“I went out in my yard and saw a snake, so I got really scared, and I came back inside to get a shovel, and beat the hell out of that snake. Then I didn't have cable for a week.”

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Author:Charlie Viracola

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