Fear of failure drives Sam Worthington
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Avatar star Sam Worthington, 33, is driven by a fear of failure.
Despite making five back-to-back movies that include the 3-D box office smash that made more than $1billion in global box office over the New Year’s weekend, Worthington is still racked with doubts about being out of work and unable to pay the bills.
“Every actor thinks that,” he said. “Every actor fears unemployment. Every actor, no matter who they are, thinks ‘where is the next job?’”
Worthington, one of Hollywood’s hottest properties, explained: “If there is a reason why I have gone so hard out of the gate and done movie after movie after movie after movie – there is a point where you go ‘am I saturating, will the public be sick of me?’ But what I believe is it raises my game because it means I will always be trying to improve on myself.”
While he admits to a somewhat less healthy lifestyle, Worthington overall believes he has kept his feet on the ground. He said: “I live an ordinary life, I go home, drink beer, do my washing. Doing normal things, that’s how I recharge. But I haven’t stopped working since Avatar, so I think the most I’ve had off is a week between jobs. Five jobs back to back – I love working, it beats being unemployed, beats sitting there waiting for the phone to ring thinking, give me some work I’ve got bills to pay.”
