Quotes About Self-preservation

You have to find a way to protect yourself in a certain way from people who are constantly demanding your time.

I've learned more and more to just protect myself and avoid things that'll hurt my feelings.

I started to build barriers between myself and others to protect myself.

I'm actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say 'no' all the time. 'No' is the most powerful word in our business. You've got to protect yourself.

I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.

Sometimes, yeah, I wish I would have protected my heart a little more, absolutely.

All actors are protecting something, in their own way, that happens in front of a camera.

A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone.

I am definitely not under British protection. I have to protect myself. I am not M.I.6. I am not C.I.A. I am not anything.

I'm very protective of how much I let people see.

the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

BaÅŸkalar?n?n kiÅŸiliÄŸimizi istila etmelerinin de özellikle önüne geçmeliyiz. Ä°nsanlar?n bizimle herhangi bir ÅŸekilde ilgilenmesinde, eÅŸi görülmemiÅŸ bir hoyratl?k vard?r. Åžu s?radan 'Nas?ls?n?z?' laf?n? affedilmez bir kabal?k olmaktan ç?karan ÅŸey varsa, o da genellikle zaten içinin boÅŸ, samimiyetsiz olmas?d?r.

Diyelim ki, beni boÄŸmakta olan bir eli boynumdan söküyorum. O eli söküp atan kendi elimin, beni kurtar?rken boynuma bir ip geçirdiÄŸini fark ediyorum. Ä°pi boynumdan dikkatle ç?kar?yorum, ama bu kez de kendi ellerimle boÄŸaz?m? s?kmama ramak kal?yor.

The life you save may very well be your own.

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!

Just because I give you a piece of me doesn't mean you get it all. There's very few people in my life who get it all, and that's sacred to me.

Every fighter wants to... take the least amount of damage possible.

I'm not a fighter. I don't like to get beat up.

It's something I advise young fighters: Get it while the getting's good. Take care of yourself financially. Be smart and save your money and protect your damn head, dude. Try to take as little damage as possible, especially training.

I do what I've got to do to survive, to keep my teeth in my head, and my head on my shoulders. I apologize to whoever can't put that together and understand that.

I do not interact much with people whom I don't know.

I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.

I think people are used to seeing actors be wide open and desperately giving of themselves, and while I do that on a movie set as much as I can, it's so unnatural for me to do it on television, in interviews, in anything like that. I also don't find that my process as an actor is really anyone else's business.

When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time.