My greatest fear in life is to be ordinary and I have realized that the people we see as extraordinary people have one thing in common; they take risks and do things unconventionally. They make decisions most people may be scared or indecisive about.

The fear of poverty and being ordinary inspired me to be an entrepreneur

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

Sometimes i worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

I think everyone sometimes feels intimidated by themselves when they see themselves on the screen.

I used to be scared of fame.

Being average means to settle for less than you truly want and are capable of, and to struggle for your entire life.

Most people think small because they are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning.

A lot of people are afraid of heights; not me, I'm afraid of widths.

I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete — that's what scares me. That's why I quit the Theatre Department. Just because I'm so horribly conditioned to accept everybody else's values, and just because I like applause and people to rave about me, doesn't make it right. I'm ashamed of it. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I'm sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of a splash.

I wouldn't say I'm normal, but I'm relatively stable. When I think of normalcy I think of mediocrity and mediocrity scares the fuck out of me.

We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are. We fear that we actually possess the talent that our still, small voice tells us. That we actually have the guts, the perseverance, the capacity. We fear that we truly can steer our ship, plant our flag, reach our Promised Land. We fear this because, if it’s true, then we become estranged from all we know. We pass through a membrane. We become monsters and monstrous.

It's scary believing that you, as you are, could ever be enough.