Neena Gupta Quotes

When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so I can try something new. You never know what you might like.

I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.

As you grow older, you want to learn, you want to change, you want to evolve and you don't want to live in fear. Fear is the mind killer.

Do what you haven't done is the key, I think.

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

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.

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

A lot of guys... they want to take the big shot, and they talk about it because they're scared of it. You never heard me talk about it. You heard a lot of guys talk about it. But you don't have to talk about it, because if you have the confidence in yourself, and your team believes in you, you don't fear anything. You don't fear losing.

The best gift you can give yourself is getting over the fear of embarrassment because then you're completely free to try anything.

Nobody knows what they're doing, so don't be afraid to try things.

Don't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

You can't be afraid to embarrass yourself sometimes.

I was a little careful when I first started off. A lot of times, for example, I thought, 'Oh, I can't pull that song off.' I should have just done it.

If you're afraid to do something then you're probably never going to achieve it.

I'm not afraid to make mistakes.

Every time I do something new, it makes me a bit stronger. Playing huge shows, being invited to play with Nile Rodgers after the Brits - all are mindblowing and I have a great team around me who are empowering. It makes all the difference.

I am so proud to learn. However, I am also anxious to play a bit more and show what I can do.

I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

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.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.

To keep the edge, you just keep doing something new. I'm not gonna say that working is easy, but while I'm doing it, I'm just a happy little moron - that's how my girlfriend describes me. The fact that nothing might happen with those things is not the point. The point is, I'm doing new things, and I have a good feeling in my soul.