Quotes About Vulnerability

Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.

I've seen guys get hurt from strikes. I've seen guys get hurt from flips. It's the risk we take. I feel the fear of getting hurt will get you hurt.

The striking thing about 'New Girl' is that under all the comedy, there's something about the emotions and reactions that feels very real - much more real than other sitcoms. Like - maybe everybody is sort of laid bare in different ways.

I've cried over string arrangements.

I'm easy to pick on because I'm a string bean.

When we strip away the clothes, the jewelry, that's who we really are. I walk around naked in my house.

I liked being in a smaller theater. I love doing shows of all sizes, but sometimes it's nice to be in a smaller space and to strip away some of the music so that you can be a little less than larger-than-life; you can be a little more naturalistic.

You have to strip people of their poses and disguises.

I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.

Working on 'Honeymoon,' an independent movie, was almost like working on TV with the space, and everything was stripped down - costume and hair and makeup. There was very little to hide behind, and you absolutely had to create the character from within.

The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings.

My movies are usually about stripping off the makeup, getting down to the skeleton.

My strips are not always funny, and they can be pretty grim at times, and I know I lose readers because of it, but I can't do anything about it - my work is very much connected to something I need to do in order to feel stable.

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing.

I've found childbirth to be so unique in its ability to completely humble you while also completely empowering you. It reduces you to your essence and strips you of every pretense. It reminds you that you are no better than all the women who have come before you, but also no worse.

I'm constantly in fear of having a stroke.

If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.

A massive stroke may kill you instantly, while a series of mini-strokes may disable and kill you over several years.

If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it's better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.

Sorry, public speaking isn't really my strong side.

I'm a strong alpha male but sensitive.

It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has.

I still go through times when I'm down. I don't feel like I'm that strong woman that people think I am today.

People make me out to be this super strong woman, but I have my tough days just like anyone else.