Quotes About Vulnerability

I have to be in a relationship where I can say what I feel even if it's wrong - so we can work through it.

I blush to think of her beholding my work," Verl confessed. So do we," Newel assured him.

Lean into the discomfort of the work.

There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world.

The most important thing I think we need to remember is that we're a work in progress. Do not be ashamed or afraid to ask for help. That's what I did. I asked for help.

There are certain people that you don't have to even work at extracting their inner life. It is just there and they're happy to share it with you.

Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work.

I've discovered that my best work comes from the uncomfortable but fruitful feeling of not having a clue – of being worried, secretly afraid, even convinced that I'm on the wrong track.

Part of my spiritual work is learning to live with the knowledge that we can't protect our loved ones from pain and heartache.

I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.

You can't trust girls. When I get a girlfriend I am not going to tell her where I live or work.

The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles.

It has never been easy for me to understand why people work so hard to create something beautiful, but then refuse to share it with anyone, for fear of criticism.

It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.

For my money, there are no more fascinating, hard-working, vulnerable creatures on earth than writers. Every day, they lay their souls out there for public approval or rejection.

The abuser knows where you work. Even if a woman goes underground at night, the abuser knows where to find her during the day.

As a writer, if you're prepared to work from your own wound, you're allowing people into the most vulnerable parts of yourself.

The more that I work with people that I don't know, the more I invite somebody in who's potentially going to really hate being there.

Rather than dispute their shortcomings or hide their mistakes, resilient people are authentic. Their humble, self-aware approach assists them in developing strategies to become better.

I think people could get obsessed with the idea of perfection. So with that, you kind of stray away from your raw imperfections. Like, I don't think people realize that people are OK with you missing a note here or hearing the rasp in your voice.

I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.

To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic.'

You know, when I was a kid, I used to cry every day, like, when I was like, you know, 7 through 11 or 6 through 11, to the point where my brother and sisters would like - there was an ongoing joke where they would make me cry to keep my streak alive of crying every day.

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don't have any flaws.