Quotes About Intimacy

People use the 'love' word too early. When you've got that trust thing locked down, when you've lived together, and you know each other's good and bad qualities inside out, at that moment, you know if you truly love someone.

Dating is hard. It's difficult and not quantity, but quality. Finding a good person.

A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each other before many minutes have elapsed; but a man and a man will not do this, and even less so will a woman and a woman, for these are parallel lines which will never meet.

I've never had to pretend to be having sex with somebody. I'm like the queen of the foreplay dissolve.

It's harder to compete against queens you know, because you have that personal relationship with them already.

In 'Queer as Folk,' we had three or four sex scenes in every episode, so I got used to doing that very early on. Those kinds of scenes can be challenging. They take a bit of time, and everyone's a bit nervous.

In my fiction, I pursue this idea of intimacy, but also - philosophically, politically - I just feel like that's the interesting question for me. How much can we share with other people? I'm not interested in human individuality; I don't even know what that means.

Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever.

To me, the most romantic gesture is a quiet night with my girl. I like to cook for her. I'm a meat eater and a griller - I do steaks, I do chicken, I do fish. I have a broad palate!

In general, between an actor and a character, there needs to be a falling in love, if you will - which I'm saying in quotes.

Fiction, at its best, is a radical act of intimacy. It seeks to join, to merge, to know deeply; and, as with intimacy, there is a way in which it cannot be faked.

I would rather hang out in my house with a couple of friends than go and rage all night.

As in all matters involving love, which has so many different meanings, you find that the feeling that we label 'love' is not a simple feeling, it's a very complex one. Under the heading 'love' can come all sorts of rage and desperation.

Infidelity raises profound questions about intimacy.

I'd rather kiss my best friend than kiss some random guy.

Chemistry's a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone.

I'm not a furniture person. You sit on the stuff, sleep on it, make love on it.

I have a very small list of friends with whom I gel and love to spend my time with.

And the people I'm best friends with on the films are not generally the actors.

I like someone that I can actually talk to. I used to like quiet guys, but now, I like gentle and well-caring guys.

Big romantic gestures are only as strong as the relationships they happen in.

You are not going to get married through technology. You are not going to buy a house through technology.

Don't get married to an actress because they're also actresses in bed.

I may or may not get married but I will settle down in a live-in.