Quotes About Vulnerability

When he comes for her, it's only in her dreams where she has no control, no way to shut the door, and nowhere to run. That's when she listens.

On stage, you have to have incredible confidence, or you would stop doing it. But I don't think I will ever get to the point where I go, 'I know exactly what I am doing,' and I don't think I want to.

I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.

To own up to one's lack of courage and shortcoming without excuses is courage.

Miranda's this girl that everyone's just laughed at online for years. I want people to empathize with her.

I'm really good at laughing at myself.

If you saw me trying to do laundry or something, well, I'm not really equipped to do anything else.

I wish I'd not taken off all my clothes in my first television series, 'The Camomile Lawn.'

To any relationship, there's a lot of layers.

It's easy to ask other people to open up and to judge them if they don't, but it's always difficult to lead by example.

Once you know how completely and suddenly the earth can open up at your feet and the worst can happen, it also, paradoxically, leaves you more afraid of everything else.

It's hard to form actual legitimate relationships.

When you watch someone on TV go through something that you're going through that's difficult, it lets you know that you're not alone, and there's nothing to be ashamed of.

I learned with 'Birdman' that it's liberating when you just lose yourself and go after something that terrifies you.

That is the most liberating thing to feel as an actor: that you don't have to hold back or be afraid. A bit might not work, but it doesn't matter.

It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person.

Personality-wise, I'm a person who likes to put it all out on the table.

Acting is a strange job because your control is very limited.

Letters have been found with my name on assassination lists.

I was a very sad little girl.

Ever since I was a little kid, I've always felt un-trusted.

I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.

I feel kind of limited and locked into my body and brain - I'm not super into it all the time.

I can't show, let alone share, my emotions. In fact, I've kept it all locked up within myself all my life. Yeah, it's a problem, especially when it comes to relationships with the people close to me.