Quotes About Vulnerability

I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never knew if that would send me over the edge.

I've been in scenes with my brother where I've been absolutely emotionally terrified to go somewhere. But because he's my brother, I feel safe.

I thought of Jeff Bridges in 'Hell or High Water' and Ben Foster, and I kept trying very hard not to, because you're terrified you're going to write this thing that then feeds specifically to this one person that then won't do it.

So about this Fierce and Fearless award, honestly, I am often afraid. I was terrified when I lost my voice. But I've come to understand and listen to the fear. I walk towards it. I lean into it to find the information and things that it has to teach me - unless it says run, and then I run.

I didn't tell anyone in school that I was going to be in 'Skins.' I was terrified of them putting me down.

I'm never funnier than when I'm heartbroken or terrified.

That was the biggest fear for me - being seen without my straight hair, my makeup or fake tan, being seen without my armour on. That terrified me.

Painting my nails was one of the things I liked to do, and I was so terrified of, like, ever letting anybody see my nails painted.

I was terrified about people knowing I was gay. I'd cringe inside at the idea that they'd be talking behind my back.

I'm typically pretty terrified to sing in front of people.

I've just always been terrified of having to speak in front of people. When I used to go in school and then I had to do a report in front of the class and speak, I would freeze up, sometimes I would even like tear up almost and start crying and stuff... couldn't deal.

I'd probably do I'm a Celeb' but I just reckon that I wouldn't be very good at it because I'm terrified of everything.

Being alone on stage without a character to hide behind has always terrified me but I've always been one for facing my fears.

The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.

The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio - it sent me a bit mad.

Sex isn't hard, but intimacy is terrifying.

Romantic love can be terrifying. We experience another human being as enormously important to us. So there is surrender - not a surrender to the other person so much as to our feeling for the other person. What is the obstacle? The possibility of loss.

For years, my marriage to Prince was mine. The idea of exposing myself to the world... was terrifying.

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it.

I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying.

My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence.

Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there.

It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting.