"I get a little scared sometimes. A lot of things scare me"
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The repetition and simplicity do the work. “Sometimes” narrows the claim, keeping it credible; “a lot of things” widens it again, implying a baseline anxiety that’s not tied to one dramatic event. The phrasing is almost childlike, which reads less like confession-as-content and more like unguarded truth slipping through a media-trained filter. There’s no metaphor, no carefully framed lesson. That absence feels intentional in an ecosystem where celebrities are expected to convert vulnerability into inspiration.
Context matters: actors are paid to simulate feeling convincingly, so when one points to a feeling without dramatizing it, it lands differently. Hemsworth’s line also tracks with a cultural moment that rewards “relatability,” but it resists the more polished version of that trend. He’s not selling trauma; he’s acknowledging the low-grade dread that sits beneath success, fame, and public scrutiny. The subtext is almost blunt: you can be externally “winning” and still be internally rattled. That’s not a moral. It’s a crack in the mask.
Quote Details
| Topic | Fear |
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| Source | Help us find the source |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hemsworth, Liam. (2026, January 15). I get a little scared sometimes. A lot of things scare me. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-get-a-little-scared-sometimes-a-lot-of-things-172489/
Chicago Style
Hemsworth, Liam. "I get a little scared sometimes. A lot of things scare me." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-get-a-little-scared-sometimes-a-lot-of-things-172489/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I get a little scared sometimes. A lot of things scare me." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-get-a-little-scared-sometimes-a-lot-of-things-172489/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.







