Quotes About Vulnerability

As in all matters involving love, which has so many different meanings, you find that the feeling that we label 'love' is not a simple feeling, it's a very complex one. Under the heading 'love' can come all sorts of rage and desperation.

The thing I remember most about having a tantrum is not the rage during the tantrum, but the being freaked out afterwards, and embarrassed, and guilty. It's scary to lose control of yourself.

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

The sorriest thing I had ever seen was a sheered sheep after he had been in the rain.

I am no Poet here; my pen's the spout where the rain water of my eyes run out.

That idea of not always being in control of the primitive parts of yourself - the bits that fall in love or the bits that dance or lose the plot or drink too much - and putting that across... that's pop for me. It's playing with all the different colours of the rainbow of life.

Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.

The thing is, is to raise your hand. It's not to hide, and it's not to try and pretend or do anything like that. You raise your hand, that's the best thing about it.

I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.

Infidelity raises profound questions about intimacy.

As a kid, you're so at the mercy of the people around you, the people raising you, your environment.

Raising your hand when you're not sure you have the right answer helps you take risks with your ideas and put yourself out there.

Sometimes I just cry at random stuff!

High flops like K-Q-9, K-J-10 or Q-J-8 are dangerous to pocket aces. That's because these flops will more likely to connect with the range of hands that your opponents will typically play, like 10-J, K-Q, 10-10, or 9-10.

When you love someone deeply, you give strength, and when you are loved deeply, you gain courage.

I think me, as a person, I'm starting to become more comfortable with myself as an actress, and I'm also gaining a bit more confidence to speak up because before when I have problems, I just keep them to myself.

That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.

When you're a kid, you're just not equipped to deal with some of the stuff that life brings you. It's why you have parents. And then, when you don't, there better be somebody who fills in that gap, or you're going to be rudderless for a while.

I'm afraid of a gas leak, although I installed detectors. I'm afraid of a blown fuse that could cause a fire, and that's why I don't turn on electrical appliances at night.

Well, that embarrassment gene, I don't really have a lot of it.

When you're acting and you need to cry, you want to put yourself in a position where you're trying not to cry, because that is generally what people try and do. They try to hold on to their emotions, they don't want to lose them.

I think I am the Elizabeth Barrett of 2015. Not in terms of genius but in bed a lot.

If someone looks genuinely interested and asks me a deeply personal question, I'll give the answer. I'm too open.

I've been to acting coaches and everything, but they had to open me up and all that, so now I'm getting better with it.