Helen Skelton Quotes

I jumped off a 30ft diving board for a dare once and it wasn't fun.

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.

I started walking a wire when I was 2 years old, and this has been a dream of mine to recreate this walk.

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.

Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do you have a death wish?' After doing a beautiful walk, I feel like punching them in the nose. It's indecent. I have a life wish.

I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.

I had to skydive for the movie and I was terrified. Like everybody, I thought it was going to be one of those experiences that changes your life. It didn't.

It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified. The reason I'm not is because I've done it for so many years.

Right before I jumped out of a plane, I knew what Superman felt like.

I've gone skydiving twice. I was terrified about doing it, but I wanted to overcome that. The first time, I did it with my parents and I remember that they had already both jumped out, and suddenly it was my turn. And I thought, 'Well, I don't want to be an orphan,' so I guess I have no choice, and I jumped out of the plane.

If you think, 'I'm jumping out of a plane at 30,000 feet!' you're not going to do it. But if you just jump out, then you'll have an interesting ride.

You don't have to be someone who likes walking a tightrope across the Twin Towers to watch 'Man On Wire.'

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

I secretly want to skydive, even though it's my greatest fear!

I don't like taking physical risks at all. I take a lot of emotional risks, and I don't feel like I need to get on a bike or a horse or jump off of anything ever.

I have no interest in jumping out of an airplane or any of the things people do for thrills, to push their limits and all that. To me, that seems foolish, and there's no point.

I love challenge. I love to be afraid before a film, before acting. I think always I want to experience fear. I've become addicted to this feeling.

I am a contradiction myself. I'm always looking for something that scares me because when I'm not scared, I'm not stimulated.

I can't see myself doing something as astonishing as jumping of a chopper. I find it stupid.

I'm scared of heights, but for my 30th birthday I'm going to try and get someone to kick me out of a plane and do a parachute jump.

You need to be in danger; otherwise, you get old.

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?

You have to feel fear; it's nature's beautiful fire. It widens your peripheral vision, and makes you more aware. That's one of the biggest challenges for me as an actor: to not let the fear go into your mind and start putting up stop signs and check posts in there.

I could jump out of this window feet first, which would be the safe way. But the way I'd do it would be to use a ramp, get a running start, dive through head first and maybe throw in a little roll at the end. Doing it that way makes it more spectacular.