Scariest Quotes

The scariest thing about screening a comedy… if you screen a drama, you know, there’s no real way to tell in real time if people are enjoying it or not. But in a comedy, it’s like, if people aren’t laughing, it’s sort of scary.

Because my husband, Peter, died young, I’ve already faced the scariest thing in my life. Now I live out the dreams for both of us.

Some of the scariest movies I’ve seen are not considered horror movies, like ‘Gone Girl.’ That movie scared me. I can’t watch it again.

I actually do like scary movies. I used to hate scary movies. You know, when I was young, I saw ‘The Changeling,’ with George C. Scott, which I think is the scariest movie ever made. After I saw that, I swore I would never see a horror film again. Then I started making them.

The scariest movie I have ever seen, and my favorite horror film is, ‘The Exorcist.’ It is a must-see horror/thriller classic. I watch it every couple of years.

The scariest people are usually the sweetest.

I prefer film to TV because of the amount of time film affords you that TV doesn’t (though theater is probably my favorite and the scariest place of all).

The scariest monsters are human beings and what we will do to each other.

Perfect people are the scariest people to me.

The scariest thing about ‘Roy’ was that it was sync sound. So, I had to worry about my diction all the more along with my emotions, acting, and my dialogues. That was very challenging because it pushed me to work on my Hindi, and in a good way.

‘The Exorcist’ is the scariest movie ever made. It just felt dead-on real, like you were watching the existence of the devil.

If someone’s got a fear of heights, they’d probably say, well, hanging off a helicopter at 3,000 feet above downtown L.A. would be the scariest. For me, that’s a day’s work, something I was very happy to do.

Running with the bulls was the scariest and craziest thing I have ever done.

One of the scariest things for any athlete, I think, is pretty much the off season.

‘Hansel and Gretel’ is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

You should see my stepdad’s face when he’s lifting something. It’s the scariest thing I’ve ever seen! So you can’t expect, just because I’m a potentially pretty person, that I won’t allow myself to try out emotional states that might make me look ugly to some people.

I love, love, love being an actor – it’s still the hardest and scariest thing I do, outside of parenting. But I’ve always been someone who likes a busy day.

The scariest film in the world is ‘Rosemary’s Baby.’

When you’re living a lie, the scariest thing is to be alone with your thoughts.

The whole thing about dating was the scariest thing in the world. And I would tell my friends, ‘I’m never going to find anyone. Where am I going to find someone? By now, I’m 59 years old. Where do you meet men?’ It was really funny. So I just focused on myself.

I will say that when it comes to the horror genre, for me, the scariest thing is when something is actually in the frame.

The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual.

The enduring appeal of mystery stories for all of us is that the world is a pretty confusing place. There’s a lot of really unanswered things, and perhaps the scariest notion would be that there might not always be answers out there for us.

I’m the female Simon Cowell. He said I’m the scariest woman he’s ever met. I asked him why he never dated me, and he said I was too intimidating.

The scariest movies, to me, are like Michael Haneke’s ‘Amour.’

I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.

To me, the coolest, shiniest, sexiest, darkest, scariest thing you can be is pop.

Cancer is the ugliest, scariest, most dreaded word in the English language. My credentials for saying so? Head-to-head, firsthand close encounters with different versions of the fiendish devil.

Birth is the scariest event of most peoples’ lives. You have to feel safe enough in your own mind before you can remember your own birth.

The scariest thing about receiving praise at a young age is the fear of burning out or losing it, or proving people right that you were just a novelty. Obviously, I can see mistakes in things that I’ve done or said and can see flaws in things I’ve made, but that’s just part of growing.

Somebody asked me about the current choice we’re being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it’s like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.

I walked on a high wire at Battersea power station for Comic Relief in 2011. It was the scariest but the most exciting moment. I hated being on it but as soon as I stepped off I was desperate to get back on and do it again!

I think that was the scariest part about bobsled, is when you just don’t know what’s happening, you don’t know where you are on the track, you don’t know when it’s going to be over, and you don’t know what it’s supposed to feel like.

Every Monday night, there was a scary movie on Spanish TV, so my parents used to send me to bed. I remember lying there, listening to the TV, and imagining the movie in my head. And so probably the scariest movies I ever saw in my life were the ones I imagined.

You can pick out the scariest dude on the tour and, guaranteed, he’s probably a smush – I just find that so incredibly attractive.

From middle school to the first year of high school, I went to a school in Miami that seemed like a private country club. The whole cheerleader, football player, clique-y thing there was terrifying. Those people were so scary. They’re the scariest kinds of people because they are idolized by their peers.

I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That’s the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

The scariest thing I’ve ever had about a long drive is almost falling asleep a couple of times. Those moments where you maybe should have pulled over and taken a nap, like, a couple of hours ago.

I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with anxiety not only about the children, but also about my former self and my friends.

I enjoy a special collegiality among other writers in the thriller community. They call me ‘Canada’s scariest writer,’ and I love that.

Imprint’ was definitely the scariest project that I’ve worked on.

I reckon my fear landscape would be me having to jump out of a plane or having to skydive. I would see that as one of the scariest things ever. And then also, I’m really not a fan of spiders and bugs.

I’m never scared, so I don’t watch horror movies. Back in the day, I was. I was scared of ‘It’ – you know, the one with the clown. That’s the thing I found scariest in my life, but since then, not really – I don’t watch them.

I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasurable. That’s the scariest thing about them.

Generally, the songs that are the scariest ones are the ones that people connect to.

I get a pit in my stomach every time I think of that last attempt to make 155 for the Anthony Pettis fight. I just get this nasty feeling in my stomach, because no exaggeration, that was one of the scariest moments of my life. I remember that I couldn’t stop my body from shaking.

The scariest thing is to go into a new situation for myself, and yet I have a job where I do that every few months, meet a hundred new people, and then have to perform in a very highly pressurized environment.

Maybe by making people feel uncomfortable, I tap into that uncanny quality that is a part of the scariest, weirdest things that you remember happening to you when you were a kid.

Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whenever I’m really feeling intimidated, I’ll just pick a wine type, like a Chianti or Brunello or a Burgundy, and I’ll pick a year that’s missing and ask for that one.

I think it’s important to find humor anywhere you can. In real life, with the darkest, scariest, most intense moments, if you can find something funny, that’s good.