Quotes About Vulnerability

I know what my sweet spot has been. It's personal stuff, dysfunction, fear of intimacy, family stuff, psychology stuff. I eviscerate myself onstage.

I hid my heart under my bed because my mother said if you're not careful someday somebody's going to break it. Take it from me, under the bed is not a good hiding spot.

If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.

Like most women, I have days where I feel like today I'm not leaving the house - you know days where you've got a spot on your nose or when you've just got off a flight, eaten fish and chips and feel really bloated - that one happens a lot to me.

I've kind of always had this soft spot in my heart for the homeless community, mainly homeless kids who live on the streets.

Having shaved my head for the role put a spotlight on me.

I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

I've never felt comfortable in the spotlight. I never felt pretty enough or wanted people to look at me.

Everyone has blind spots, and even the brightest people are no exceptions.

I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.

The most interesting thing about characters are their blind spots. They miss the periphery.

It was massive deal for me to be filmed without my makeup because I've tried hard for years not to show my spots.

Unfortunately, I found out when I was trying to like square up with people and face off with people and, like, try to intimidate them and I'm pretty non-threatening.

Obviously I tell myself I'm more than happy for everything that's been given to me. But if I wake up one morning and my kidney decides 'I don't fancy it today', I'm back to square one.

It didn't take me long to go from financial stability to fearing homelessness.

I think that for me, personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with my own issues of not feeling safe as a child and feeling a sense of stability.

If, like me, you have many reasons to be less than secure and self-assured, and like me, you are far from stable even on your best days, don't for a moment imagine a psychotherapist will be of more help than a physiotherapist.

You know, musicians aren't very stable, in case you hadn't noticed.

Our children see us a certain way, and we want to be seen by them in a certain way. I certainly want to be a strong, stable, loving, consistent presence in my children's lives. But we are human beings, too.

People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.

Outdoor stadiums scare me to death.

Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

Some people think that confidence is something that some people just have. Even though I may look confident strutting in a two-piece on a stage, there are days when I'm so nervous, or I feel like, 'Oh my gosh, I don't know if I can do this.'

I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself.