Quotes About Isolation

I try to stay away from the L.A. scene as much as possible. I feel it helps me to better prepare for my roles if I am not too involved in that whole thing.

Not everyone is prepared for fame, not even at the level I got it. One minute you're just a face in the crowd, next minute everyone wants a piece of you.

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

We are engaging with so many art forms at once in the 21st century, but we're presented with them in a way that is so isolated.

You watch award shows, and not only are you not nominated, but you're not a presenter and haven't been invited to any of the parties.

I know firsthand how our being such a rural state presents challenges to healthcare.

This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only way I can describe it is that, well, the president is like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people. There is no discernible connection.

I purposefully isolate myself from anything that has to do with any press. I don't read any press about myself.

The perpetuation of family and cultural pressures to conform to prescribed masculine behaviors is what creates social isolation and distress in many young gay and trans people of color.

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

I was bullied; I was kind of a girl in the corner. So acting was a great outlet for me by pretending to be someone else.

I mean, defending isolations is easy, but it's hard at the same time. I think I'm a pretty good defender, but when you go against guys that can make tough shots, it makes you feel so bad, like, 'Oh, man, these guys just made a tough shot on me.'

'Dancing on My Own' is actually a really sad song! It has totally made me cry.

When you set yourself up to be apart from rest of mankind, you're in danger of crashing further than they ever could. That's the trouble with royalty, after all.

I wish people would listen rather than rush around in their own world. There's a danger that we are becoming stuck in a bubble and losing the ability to communicate.

We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.

1967 was the bleakest, darkest, most emotional period of my life.

I never went to my high school dance, and didn't date much.

I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Because nobody knows you.

I've actually never been taken on a date in my whole life.

In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.

If I only dated actresses, I'd be a very lonely man.