Quotes About Emotions

It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.

My heart got broken so many times because I put so much pressure on it. And then... I got blindsided.

People don't want to see me having a bad morning. They have job problems, financial problems, family pressures, kids to get off to school. The last thing they want to wake up to is someone showing them the same problems. So maybe that's the one time I am forced to act.

When I was a player, all the pressures I felt created a lot of anxiety in me. I didn't know how to manage that on my own. I think I was missing someone - a manager, no doubt - who could teach me to control my emotions.

I won't pretend that being booted out the cabinet wasn't painful.

Even if people pretend that they're OK with it, jealousy can eat people alive.

We're in the business of using real emotions to bring pretend emotions to life.

You'd think maybe I can pretend I'm an expert on love, but I'm not.

It's impossible to exorcise the darkness out of you. We can pretend it's not there until something bursts.

I am gentle. I think nearly everyone who makes music is sensitive - I don't care how hard they pretend they are.

Every decent person feels the pain of the African-American community, but I also don't want to pretend like I know the exact distinct pain.

I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

Often, when I finish a film, I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.'

If you are going through something with one of your parents, you know that there is this feeling inside you constantly that something is wrong. Even if you want to pretend that it doesn't matter to you or you don't care, the truth of the matter is that you do, because they are your parents and you love them.

I love being a grandmother. That feeling you have for your own child - you don't ever think it will be replicated, and I did wonder if I would have to 'pretend' with my grandchildren. But my heart was taken on day one.

The first two or three movies I did, I'd be around famous co-stars and totally pretend like I didn't care, but inside, I was shaking. I've been weaning myself off that.

For my kids, it's just weird to see your dad pretend to be someone else. It's weird to see your father make out with another woman. It's not cool.

I'm so damn lucky to make a living acting, but it's not that I love it, not all the time. If I couldn't act, I wouldn't die. I'm much more interested in the human aspect of life than the pretend.

Most people try to isolate themselves and pretend like things are all good when a lot of times, that's not how it is.

If I was to pretend my father didn't exist and I didn't have anything to remember him by, then it wouldn't be healthy.

But I don't let my bad feelings rule my life. I acknowledge them because I can't pretend they aren't there.

Like I said, I don't want to pretend that I am a robot. When you hear things it's natural to feel some kind of hurt.

I can't pretend that I'm happy or pretend to get emotional when I'm not.