Quotes About Vulnerability

In my child's-eye view, whenever I was exposed to pain, it meant that my mother had let me down.

Children didn't shield families from eviction: They exposed them to it.

I would have made a lousy stripper. I'm just not very comfortable exposing myself.

There's not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I'm the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself.

I mean, my stand-up is very honest and exposing in this way. I probably carry that into everything I do.

I was afraid to express myself for a while.

I think I need to play somebody who expresses themselves and is able to communicate on a more open level, something really different.

I'm not the best at expressing my feelings other than in songs or on paper.

I've never had trouble talking and expressing my feelings.

I moved around so much when I was younger that I sort of had to have this type of exterior; you know, I was afraid of getting hurt.

I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting.

When I go on stage and perform, I'm an extreme version of myself.

If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful.

Shame is hard to confront. Even if you know it's baseless, it's still hard to come face-to-face with.

I had to find the courage to share not only myself but my art with the world. I faced fear, and I went for it. I wasn't a failure, and I'm very proud of myself.

I guess I happen to have one of those faces that just says everything I'm thinking. I guess it's a gift, but I see it as a potential liability. It keeps me honest.

People talk about going crazy in love, but no one knows what happens when one actually faces it.

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.

There's a lot of times that you got to put yourself out there to fail, you can't be afraid to fail.

I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become comfortable with that.

Every embarrassing moment is going to be shown on the Internet, whether the candidate likes it or not. The ones that can't deal with that are going to fail.

Everything is being run by computers. Everything is reliant on these computers working. We have become very reliant on Internet, on basic things like electricity, obviously, on computers working. And this really is something which creates completely new problems for us. We must have some way of continuing to work even if computers fail.

Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.