Anne Beatts Quotes

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

There was a period in my life when I would say no, and I didn't know why I was saying no. In most cases, it was out of fear, just trying to be safe. Because 'no' will keep you safe. 'No' won't draw attention to you. But all the cool things are on the other side of 'Yes, And.'

The one thing I learned is to just give everything a shot. You don't want to live in regret.

To me, it's important, always in life, to never wonder what would've happened if I only tried something.

Learning to ask is like flexing a muscle. The more you do it, the easier it becomes. I started by learning how to ask for the small things in my life, and eventually I could make the Big Daunting Asks.

Attitude, humor and action (persistence) will whip fears and rejection. Fear of failure doesn't exist, if you believe it doesn't.

It's probably not going to lead to anything. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. If everyone who thought they might fail didn't even try, where would we be today?

I guess if you don't jump, you'll never know if you can fly.

We don't ever want to shut down and say, I'm afraid to go that far down the road because there's going to be pain. There'll be beauty, too, and if you stop here, you stop all that.

I don't usually suggest going into something you cannot do, but sometimes you gotta jump in and land on your feet.

People get so scared to try things.

I've discovered people in my lifetime who are like, 'I always wanted to sing but... ' It's like, 'Well then, did you try?' My thing was always not caring about failure.

I always question myself, but I always say, 'Come on, we can do something good.'

If you want to build something fantastic, just do it. Who is stopping you?

I think, you know, if you're young - even if you're old, it doesn't matter how old you are - but if you find something that you really want to try, just give it a try.

Confidence does not come easy, that's for sure.

I'm not the type who will go and ask people for roles.

If you're nervous you think: 'I don't want to make mistakes or give the ball away.' But you limit your own qualities then.

I've never taken no for an answer.

Sometimes you don't know what is it you want to do until you try it.

It's important that you are not embarrassed when you try something new.

For people who believe that they can't do it, I hope I'm an inspiration to others to get out there and try swimming. You might be pretty good at it.

I just say go for it and be yourself, even if you're scared or nervous, because you'll never know what happens if you don't try.

You've just got to go out there and make the right play.

It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.