If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.

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Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right. ― Sarah Addison Allen

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. — T. S. Eliot

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Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

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My biggest fault is that the faults I was born with grow bigger each year. ― Haruki Murakami

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The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.

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I'm a passionate, hardcore fisherman. Biggest fish I caught? A 200-pound tarpon.- Dwayne Johnson

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You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.

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But anybody who steps into the lane beside you is the biggest competition because they made it to the finals.

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You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth. -John Lennon

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