Quotes About Vulnerability

I think a lot of comedians are desperate to show their serious side, but I got that off my chest early on in my career.

When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.

Your confidence is destroyed when you find out you can't trust people.

I want to help people to get to know my story and really tell them in detail what I've been through.

I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.

People suffering from cancer, or diabetes, or asthma or any other preexisting condition shouldn't have to live in fear of losing their coverage or seeing their premiums go through the roof.

A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.

Let's not forget, we are all one diagnosis away from having a pre-existing condition.

No matter what Diana is saying, it kind of goes down at the end. It's like a sadness.

I know I sometimes come across as being quite dismissive about acting. But I'm not. It's like people reading their diaries in public. I don't want to talk about how I create characters. I find it self-indulgent.

Music is a diary. Sometimes people make music as if no one's going to hear it, as if they can just be completely honest. Things are a lot more acceptable said in a song than it would be in person. Art excuses a lot of things.

My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. That's what it is.

When your best friend dies, and you're crying on the balcony, and TMZ is taking pictures of somebody comforting you saying, 'Ooooo, scandalous' - that's the worst part of fame.

The thing about Jiu Jitsu is it is also not for everybody. It can be very humiliating and humbling. If you have a hard time dealing with the fact that someone smaller than you may be able to tap you out, it is going to be difficult.

You know how there's always the one girl in drama school who can cry at the drop of a hat? She has that emotional well she can tap into in a second? I'm not that girl. It takes a lot to get me to that place.

I think as an actor you have to be open to your emotions - that's how you tap into other characters. Besides, by being so open I've come to terms with how screwed I am!

I was highly sensitive and still am, but as a kid I could tap into my emotional state rather easily.

We tap into something when we're honest about what's going on in our lives.

I make music for people to relate to and to connect with me. I want to tap into different emotions.

As a younger guy, no one wants to be on a highlight or somebody's mix tape for their best plays of the year. For me, earlier in my career, that was something where 'I'm not sure if I should go for this,' not trying to get dunked on.

I think, a lot of times when you meet someone, you feel like you need to appear like you're not interested in them so that they'll be more interested in you. But what happens when you start showing him that you actually like him? What's he gonna do then? Play the tape forward; how do you keep a guy like that? I don't want to sign up for that.

Going into an audition or putting yourself on tape, it's not the easiest thing to do especially because an audition is usually a camera and one person and then you have to bring to life this character.

I think tapping into one's power and one's potential is a very frightening thing.

What happens is things come to you - director, script - and if you respond to it, it's because it's tapping into some part of what's inside you, and different roles tap into different parts.