Quotes About Vulnerability

I'm not much of a crier, actually. You know, I tend to cry and get sappy on planes.

I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.

I had a planned C-section, and I cried the entire day before I had the baby.

There's a big difference between me and other YouTubers - a lot of them have big, concrete plans. I'm still this weird chicken with my head cut off. I don't know what I want to do next and haven't known that since I started.

The first time my mom was hospitalized, she was forcibly sedated before I was admitted to see her. When I arrived, someone handed me a plastic bag containing her belongings: the ruined clothes that had been cut off her body with scissors.

A lot of people have a misconception about artists, that they're invincible, you know, they're on a different plateau. But I'm just a human being.

If we get in an accident that's strong enough to break bones, it's going to break bones. What makes me a little bit higher risk is that if I break my right ankle again, I've got a bunch of screws and plates in there, and that would not be good.

We live in a very insecure world with a very insecure communications platform.

He played football too long without a helmet.

A lot of players get to a certain point they don't want to make mistakes. They just want everyone to see how great they are. That ends up being their downfall. You put a cap on yourself.

I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.

I don't feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games.

A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.

I can't shout, I can't cry convincingly, and please don't make me dance.

Please dox me. You don't even need to dox me - I'll give you my address and wait for you by my doorstep.

There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who don't like plenty of my movies. Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that. With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.

I haven't left the house without a packet of Kleenex in my back pocket for as long as I can remember. Whenever I start thinking I'm incredibly cool, the packet of Kleenex in my back pocket brings me right back down to earth.

The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time.

I write poems like some people sing in the bathroom.

Why is the feeling of insecurity so prevalent in this field? Because the actor is such a dependent person on other people. If I am a painter, poet, composer, I am not really dependent on others.

I never really knew what to do with my hair to begin with. When I was fat, I had incredibly long, unkempt hair. And there was kind of a poetic justice to losing something I was hiding behind.

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent.

I'm at an age where crying is easier for me now. I like it. I can cry at a poignant commercial; I can cry at a - this is a running joke in my house, but... a good 'Star-Spangled Banner' can make me cry. I'm not kidding.