Daily Inspiration Quote by Lee Tergesen

The line lands with the kind of quiet grit actors tend to respect: fear isn’t a monster to be slain, it’s a room you have to enter and stay in long enough for something honest to happen. Tergesen frames courage not as swagger but as proximity. “Go into your fear” is active, almost physical blocking language, like a stage direction. “Walk in there with it” rejects the macho fantasy of overcoming fear; you don’t get to leave it behind. You bring it with you, let it sit in your chest, and keep moving anyway.

The subtext is collaborative, too: “we both came to the decision” reads like a rehearsal-room pact, the kind made between scene partners, directors and performers, or even two people navigating a personal crisis. That matters because it shifts bravery from an individual virtue to a shared practice. Fear becomes workable material, something you can approach with someone else watching your back.

The most revealing phrase is “be true to it.” Not conquer it, not eliminate it, not “push through” it. Be true to it suggests listening for what fear is protecting: shame, desire, grief, the risk of being seen. In an acting context, it’s a thesis for great performances: the camera can smell avoidance. In a broader cultural moment that prizes “confidence” as branding, Tergesen argues for something less marketable and more human - staying with discomfort until it turns into clarity.