Quotes About Vulnerability

It's nice when you are with a guy who can find the humor in touch situations and be comfortable enough in his own skin that he can laugh at himself.

Sometimes you need other people to embody situations so that you can talk about things that for you are important. And I think that being able to hope for the future is what builds in us the strength to just get rid of things that, in the past, can hurt.

I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.

Embarrassment and awkward situations are not foreign things to me.

I'm six foot two. If I need security around me, there's a problem.

I remember what it feels like to be fourteen or sixteen, to have the world folded out in front of you, and to have a million choices ahead. I also remember what it feels like to be so open and impressionable and to want something so badly it's impossible to see that maybe it isn't the best thing for you.

I couldn't care less about who sees my bits... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!

There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a lifetime. I always start crying because there is so much buildup to that competition.

That's the thing about ice skating, you can just fall awkwardly like that.

For ice skating, you really have to block out your fears and throw yourself into it - there must be trust in your partner and a trust that you will be safe.

I have always been open about the way I live my life, because hiding skeletons in the closet and presenting a picture-perfect image is not my style.

If I were to run for office, my skeletons would come dancing out of the closet in a can-can.

I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it much.

I love doing sketches, but I don't relish being by myself. That's not something I'm used to doing.

I find putting oneself out there difficult. I think writing and sharing writing require different skill sets. I want to be read, but it takes courage to ask someone to read your work.

I had no idea who I was when I started. I was frightened to death and had no natural performing skills.

I would not say that secret-keeping is one of my finer skills, actually.

People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.

Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.

People who are comfortable in their own skin I admire, but you don't know what's really going on. If you meet someone who says they nail being a human, they are as far away from nailing it as a human as you can possibly imagine.

I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.

I had my shortcomings - crazy hair, braces, bad skin and all that stuff. I went through it all.

There were times when I've not wanted to be in my own skin, and that's a very scary feeling.

Not getting girls is the story of my life. I have always had a bit of a tough time with the ladies. I don't know whether it's that I don't have game or just don't feel comfortable in my own skin, but females pick up on that.