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Daily Inspiration Quote by Sophia Bush

"I enjoy getting riled up, and nothing's gonna do that for you like a good scary movie"

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Sophia Bush is pitching fear as a form of recreation, but the slyer move is how she reframes “getting riled up” as self-care rather than self-destruction. In an era where we’re told to regulate, optimize, and protect our peace, she’s admitting to a craving that sounds almost impolite: she wants her body hijacked for a couple of hours. The phrasing is casual, a little dare-you-to-judge, and that’s the point. “Enjoy” softens the confession; “nothing’s gonna do that for you” turns it into a recommendation, like a trusted friend insisting on the best taco spot.

The subtext is about control. A “good scary movie” offers a contained panic: your heart races, your palms sweat, and then the credits roll. It’s adrenaline with an exit strategy, a safe place to practice being overwhelmed. That’s a resonant pleasure in a culture where real-world dread (politics, climate, bad news on push alerts) arrives without a runtime or resolution. Horror gives you a villain you can name, a threat with rules, a fear that’s engineered to be survivable.

As an actress, Bush also signals fluency in genre as craft. “Good” is doing work here: not any cheap jump-scare machine, but the kind of film that earns its tension, that builds dread like music. She’s not just confessing a taste; she’s claiming a sophisticated appetite for being shaken on purpose.

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Bush, Sophia. (2026, January 15). I enjoy getting riled up, and nothing's gonna do that for you like a good scary movie. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-enjoy-getting-riled-up-and-nothings-gonna-do-166678/

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Bush, Sophia. "I enjoy getting riled up, and nothing's gonna do that for you like a good scary movie." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-enjoy-getting-riled-up-and-nothings-gonna-do-166678/.

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"I enjoy getting riled up, and nothing's gonna do that for you like a good scary movie." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-enjoy-getting-riled-up-and-nothings-gonna-do-166678/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Sophia Bush (born July 8, 1982) is a Actress from USA.

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