Quotes About Emotions

I want to give kids that fall-off-the-bed-laughing feeling. Either that, or the sixth-grade feeling that life is hard - sometimes unbearably hard - and it is ultimately about death. But in the meantime, life can be really funny, too.

Love is like a medicine which you need to be happy in life.

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.

Films are the largest and most impactful medium.

Acting is acting, be it any medium.

I think that the more of us who take the time to understand how someone else is feeling, the more likely we are to resist alongside them.

I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart.

I want to be a part of films that elate me and resonate with me.

Our emotions resonate with each other - for better and for worse.

Certain songs mean a lot to you, and they don't really resonate with anybody else, and the ones you don't necessarily love are the ones that become really meaningful to a lot of other people.

But if you can empathise with a character and if you can emotionally resonate with that character and understand their emotional journey, I think you are home.

It resonates with me the way women tell stories, the way they see things, and the way they attach what they see to certain emotions.

Sometimes you can just step into the character, and you get all your feelings and emotions just from sympathizing with her and being her. But then, other times, you just have to resort back to anything that you've been through in your own life and try to play that.

An actor's resource base must be life itself.

I am interested in writing how women really feel, how they really think, and how they respond to men. I don't want men reading my books because they might find out too much.

I think people always respond to real moments.

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!

I don't know if I have the right answers, but I can tell you that I try to not respond in a moment of being angry.

Fear is a normal human response. It certainly is for me.

I think when you play a negative character you cannot restrict yourself. You can go wild.

Honestly, playing negative roles is much more fun, because there are no restrictions.

The day I write a totally happy song... I'll retire.

Retiring was very tough, it's tough at the best of times. Nothing can prepare you for it.

The most important aspect of a home is that it's a retreat, a place where you can laugh and cry.