Riley Keough Quotes

My biggest fantasy as an actor is to be in situations that make me uncomfortable and force me out of my comfort zone.

People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.

My comfort zone is like a little bubble around me, and I've pushed it in different directions and made it bigger and bigger until these objectives that seemed totally crazy eventually fall within the realm of the possible.

I go by intuition. Work-wise, that means asking myself if a role will push me outside my comfort zone, challenge me to learn something new.

Every actor wants to, in our own sort of weird sort of way, we really want to push ourselves and test ourselves.

Moving outside of your comfort zone is one thing I learned from my training as an actor in England.

I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.

I struggle to watch myself in any scene, to be honest. What's done is done. I wish I was able to watch myself, as it would really help me develop as an actor. But I'm not brave enough. It's a difficult thing to do - looking at yourself as this utterly different person on a screen.

I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long.

When you're stretching yourself, as a role like 'Blue Jasmine' did for me, you risk falling flat on your face.

I've been scared and I've liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I'm in my comfort zone.

Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it's a really good thing to remember.

Whenever there's a role that scares me, I get panicked and nervous. I know that greatness might come because I'm going to get out of my own element and comfort zone.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more.

I'm a masochist in some ways. I look for things that I think I can't do, then, for some bizarre reason, I really want to do them. Maybe one day I'll take the easy route.

I don't really feel comfortable unless I'm slightly uncomfortable. I don't want to play myself all the time.

When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element.

I always want to surprise myself, more than anybody else.

When I'm challenged, I grow. I never want to be in a situation where I'm not challenged and not afraid. One of my favorite feelings is stepping into a film and knowing that I'm a little bit afraid of what I have to accomplish.

Here's the thing: If you're taking roles that aren't intimidating you, and I think this is a cliche that a lot of actors say, but if it's not intimidating you, then why are you doing it?

I look to challenge myself with a character that's not like myself or anything I've done before, but I certainly don't reject roles based on how often I've done them.

I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.

You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow.

No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are.