If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell.

And making a fool of yourself is something all actors have to risk doing. That’s part of our business. And that too is not the end of the world, though it can seem so at the time

It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

A fool is always troublesome, a man of sense perceives when he pleases or is tiresome ; he goes away the very minute before it might have been thought he stayed too long.

When thou callest another a fool, as thou must, sometimes, yet do not forget that thou thyself hast been the supreme fool in humanity.

When all else fails, be willing to look like a fool. Maybe they will underestimate you later about something really important.

Sometimes, Skorous," Draco said, "you are a fool."
"Sometimes I am not alone in that.

I made such a fool of myself,” she lamented.
“Love does not make you a fool.”
“He didn’t love me back.”
“That does not make you a fool, either.”
“Just tell me …” Her voice cracked. “When does it stop hurting?”
“Sometimes never.

It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool

we all fool ourselves from time to time in order to keep our thoughts and beliefs consistent with what we have already done or decided.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

The first prerogative of any artist, in any medium, is to make a fool of himself.

You can fool people. You can fool anybody any time of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you've got to be straight up with you.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.