Rose Leslie

I believe that we're not alone. How can we be alone in an infinite universe? I'm using the word 'alien' with a little trepidation because I know that sparks so many different versions of that word, and there are so many different images that come into one person's head when someone says it.

Scottish Actress

Rick Yancey

I always feel trepidation at the beginning of every project. I worry about so many things. Time to get it right, the skill to do it justice, the will to finish. I also worry about more mundane things, like what if my computer crashes and I've forgotten to back up the manuscript?

American Novelist

Donald Sutherland

Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do.

Canadian Actor

Jim Broadbent

Even for people who live in the country, there is a trepidation now about going outside to play. But it never occurred to us to be fearful when we were young.

American Actor

Jesse Kellerman

I had some trepidation about working with someone else, especially a family member. You don't want work to affect your personal relationship.

David Whyte

Without the compassionate understanding of the fear and trepidation that lie behind courageous speech, we are bound only to our arrogance.

English Poet

John Wells

If you don't have nerves and a little trepidation about any new project, then I don't think you're really alive.

American Producer

Hisham Matar

I am, by instinct, wary of revolutions. The gathering of the masses fills me with trepidation.

American Writer

Jason Biggs

We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism.

Christopher Lee

I turn to the 'Telegraph's' obituaries page with trepidation.

English Actor

Trepidation often refers to worry about something that hasn't occurred yet.

Future Anxiety

It implies a less intense fear than terror; more like nervousness.

Mild Fear

Often used in storytelling to build suspense before a crucial event.

Narrative Suspense

In physics, it doesn't imply fear, but a physical vibrating movement.

Physics Context

It describes an actual shaking or trembling motion, not a feeling.

Literal Quivering

More commonly used in technical or scientific descriptions.

Technical Usage

 we're gonna we're gonna feel some trepidation and we should and we need to be cautious at times and take real responsibility for the projects that we support and the individuals who we follow but without a doubt it's also to be celebrated it's a very very dynamic

Ron Howard on Science...

 that it's possible to build such an artificial intelligence for this kind of mission and others. The next question you must ask yourself is, should we fear it? Now, every new technology brings with it some measure of trepidation. When we first saw cars,

Don't fear superintellige...

 you know, life experiences, from San Quentin Prison I felt I could feel my heart rate going up just listening to that, that sense of fear and trepidation. And you know, I take a lot of actors and stuff away, but it's a privilege for me to actually

Danny Trejo Ziplines...

 Where previously there had been trepidation and nervousness and fear, there came a calm resolve, an island alone, a greatest hour, a greatest generation, a country that would fight them on the beaches and in the hills and in the streets,

How to shift your...

 about the world being one etc if you raise questions about that formulation you really are considered a bit of an antique and then the final reason which I mentioned especially to a TED audience with some trepidation has to do with

Actually, the world...

 I think community is really important right now. With so many of us feeling trepidation, the weariness, the anger, the fear, the frustration, the terrorism that we've experienced in our communities.

The path to ending...

 and there is just one tiny tiny little hole that gives you access back to your world and you really feel that when you go down there is definitely that that sense of trepidation and incredible

Filming Antarctica's...

 If you raise questions about that formulation, you really are considered a bit of an antique. And then the final reason, which I mention, especially to a TED audience, with some trepidation,

Pankaj Ghemawat:...

 Many people face the news each morning with trepidation and dread. Every day, we read of shootings,

Is the world getting...

 I'm kind of shaking half with excitement and half with a little bit of trepidation. There, Johnny.