Quotes About Authenticity

I think as an actor, you have to make yourself vulnerable to emotions.

I prefer to avoid the phrase 'strong women' when talking about female characters and the lack thereof or the need therefore, because it's not about being strong, it's also about being vulnerable, funny etc.

The key to acting well is to allow yourself to be vulnerable.

Doing interviews after a game, you can't give your true emotions. You can't tap into them. So when you do that for so long, you go into acting and it can be difficult to suddenly just be open and vulnerable.

It was a slow process of getting closer and closer to my actual personality on stage. And now there's very little separation. I definitely find the more open and vulnerable I am, the more people enjoy it.

Living my truth was very hard - I felt vulnerable.

I don't know, I think when filming a reality show, you definitely sign up for showing the world vulnerable parts of your life and all that can be challenging.

Richard Pryor had real sincere and vulnerable moments.

I don't really know any other way than to be vulnerable or just be myself.

It's really easy to hide in metaphor or hide in a solo or instrumentation, but when you're saying explicitly this is how I feel it's a bit different - it makes you a more vulnerable person.

I've never been afraid of being vulnerable on stage. It's a large part of life, and I think it's being dishonest to disallow an audience to see that side.

I try and be as vulnerable in my comedy as possible, to open that door for other people.

I wanted to do standup, but I was too nervous. I felt it was too vulnerable basically to be yourself on stage.

I think it's important to be vulnerable and to pay attention to your emotions.

We're still trying to figure out how to let men be vulnerable, to realize there's strength in vulnerability, and that it's how you fill out the circle of masculinity.

It's not easy for everyone to expose themselves and be vulnerable.

I want people to ask me how I feel about the world, or what is my day about, and ask me a question that's not just related to food, but that's related to me being a person: Someone that's vulnerable, someone that has ideas and someone that wants to learn more.

With my fan base, I'm just vulnerable. I'm very transparent and vulnerable.

I've certainly had some difficult days. But it's OK to be vulnerable.

As an actor you have to be vulnerable or you're just not going to cut it.

I thought I would be too vulnerable on stage doing standup. I didn't want to get up there and say: 'This is who I am. I want you to like me.'

I think that there was a part of me that hoped that maybe people will be able to connect to what I was saying. But it was quite a scary thing, actually, making that decision to put music out there, and to be so vulnerable.

It's hard to constantly delve into your psyche and unearth these deep and often painful feelings and hold them out in front of people and say, 'Here's the most vulnerable part of me.'

I wish that more women would be vulnerable with other women because none of us on this side of Heaven will ever reach perfection. I think that needs to be normalized.