Roland Martin Quotes

Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.

At this point, I feel like I can allow myself to be goofy and take more risks, and even if I do fall on my face, I know it's not the end of the world and at least I tried to do something different.

Life is very interesting if you make mistakes.

I'm always looking for a new thing that really terrifies me that I think I can't do it and accomplish that.

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

I'd like to just be a little bit more open to making mistakes and not worrying about it so much.

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself.

Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

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

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose.

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass myself.

I don't feel like I have anything to lose, so I don't really understand what I'm putting at risk.

Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

Don't be afraid to look silly.