Lauren Gibbs Quotes

The art of climbing is to go where you go knowing that you could die, but you don't die. That is adventure.

The goal was for me to become a civil engineer. But one day I really felt that it was important for me to do what I really loved. I was really good at engineering, but I didn't have a passion for it, so going to work was something I had to do, not something that I really wanted to do.

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

Some people see acting as a kind of stroll on the beach, and some people see it as a kind of skydive. And I've had lots of strolls on the beach in my life, so I'd like to do a skydive.

For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person.

Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.

I'm scared of horses, and I don't know how to shoot them, but that's what excites me. After 40 years old, if you don't do some things that really terrify you, I don't think they're worth doing.

I jumped out of an airplane on my 34th birthday because I promised myself I would. I have an interest in confronting my fears.

I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.

Obviously, you have quieter years than others - you don't go jumping out of a plane every day.

I enjoy putting myself in situations where you are nervous, but you need to enjoy yourself also. I've done skydiving, bungee jumping. I quite like those sensations - when you feel a little bit nervous and you don't really know where you are going. It's a quite good sensation that I love. I like the speed; I like everything.

I took up scuba diving, and my next big thing is BASE jumping.

I realized I have an appetite for stunts. I learned how to do them myself.

Filming 'It's Not Rocket Science' has made me realise I'm missing the part of my brain that warns me about danger because - even though the tasks are terrifying - I find it really exciting.

I remember the first time I climbed the cage - it was almost like a challenge from Snuka. I said, 'This is crazy. This is absolutely crazy!' I went ahead and did it but I only did it a couple of times. It scared me half to death.

You can't call it an adventure unless it's tinged with danger. The greatest danger in life, though, is not taking the adventure at all. To have the objective of a life of ease is death. I think we've all got to go after our own Everest.

For me, skiing is a physical necessity. I have a need for risk.

Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.

I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

What I love about how my career has gone up to this point is that I've always, always put my head down on my pillow at night, and I've been able to say that I've done, honestly, what I've felt like I wanted to do. And that's really all you can hope for in everything you do.

I learned with 'Birdman' that it's liberating when you just lose yourself and go after something that terrifies you.

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.

At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.