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Deep End Quotes

On being pushed in before you're ready, one way or another.

Getting thrown in the deep end shows up here as both an unexpected career break and a genuine breaking point under pressure. For more on facing situations head-on, see our Challenge quotes.

Hopper's best friend, Dean Stockwell, who starred with him in 'Blue Velvet,' let me watch golf with him while parsing out memories of when he and Hopper went off the deep end in Mexico.

Quotes by Tom Folsom

For Sarah Palin, the least experienced on the world stage, the stress of maintaining the fiction that she was qualified to be vice president sent her over the deep end almost immediately. She went off on a ferocious spending spree...

Quotes by Tina Brown

I was thrown in the deep end at 18 when I got cast in a movie that I didn't audition for. The director just sort of found me and put me in a film, so the decision was really made...

Quotes by Teresa Palmer

With 'Honeymoon,' it was so intimate, and we literally shot it in something like 20, 24 days. Everything was very rapid and very fast, and so all of us submerged into the deep end and only really came up for...

Quotes by Rose Leslie

Best Quotes

Compared to other bands that have gone off the deep end with their sound, you know, I'm very confident. I did not go off the deep end; it just improved.

Quotes by Ronnie Radke

I think that feeling of being thrown into the deep end and doing something you never thought you would accomplish is really powerful.

Quotes by Reshma Saujani

Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him.

Quotes by Michael Zaslow

Don King is my promoter, and I want to fight for him. I want to fight in the big fights, and hopefully he can see by me promoting my own show, beating a quality opponent, and bringing a crowd in,...

Quotes by Mark de Mori

There is no real way to prepare yourself for having a child other than just getting thrown in the deep end pretty quick.

Quotes by Jason Day

Blue Quotes

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

Quotes by Carson Kressley

The big experience of feeling like I jumped off into the deep end was that transition from college into the workforce. There were so many unwritten rules I didn't understand.

Quotes by Caroline Ghosn

I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end...

Quotes by Carmen Cusack

I’m really thrown into the deep end because I’ve never been on live TV.

Quotes by Britt Baker

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'deep end' mean across these quotes?
It's used both literally, for actors thrown into demanding roles without preparation, and figuratively, for people pushed past their emotional limits under pressure.
Is there a quote about someone being unprepared for a big opportunity?
Yes, one describes being cast in a film without ever auditioning, essentially thrown in the deep end at eighteen with no real choice in the matter.
Does 'deep end' ever describe a political figure under stress?
Yes, one quote uses it to describe the pressure Sarah Palin faced maintaining the appearance of readiness for national office. For more on facing tough situations, see our Challenge quotes.
Are any of these deep end quotes about fictional characters?
Yes, one references a character named Roger who goes off the deep end and becomes something monstrous, described with real sympathy despite the transformation.
Is going off the deep end always framed negatively?
Mostly, yes, though it's treated with empathy rather than judgment in most of these quotes. For more on choices made under pressure, browse our Decision quotes.

A few of these quotes describe people who weren't given a choice at all, simply finding themselves in over their heads. For more on the moments that shape a path forward, browse our Decision quotes.