Quotes About Courage

The key to acting well is to allow yourself to be vulnerable.

Living my truth was very hard - I felt vulnerable.

I don't really know any other way than to be vulnerable or just be myself.

I've never been afraid of being vulnerable on stage. It's a large part of life, and I think it's being dishonest to disallow an audience to see that side.

I think it's important to be vulnerable and to pay attention to your emotions.

We're still trying to figure out how to let men be vulnerable, to realize there's strength in vulnerability, and that it's how you fill out the circle of masculinity.

It's not easy for everyone to expose themselves and be vulnerable.

You have to be able to compete, put yourself out there, make yourself vulnerable, to go for something that you want.

I've certainly had some difficult days. But it's OK to be vulnerable.

Being vulnerable can be scary at times, but it's the times when you feel the most lost, confused, and stressed where you need to press into your mentor the most. If you're not willing to be 100 percent honest with your mentor, you're doing yourself the disservice of not receiving the help that you need to better yourself in life.

As an actor you have to be vulnerable or you're just not going to cut it.

I thought I would be too vulnerable on stage doing standup. I didn't want to get up there and say: 'This is who I am. I want you to like me.'

I think that there was a part of me that hoped that maybe people will be able to connect to what I was saying. But it was quite a scary thing, actually, making that decision to put music out there, and to be so vulnerable.

I think the trauma of giving birth made me feel vulnerable and I wasn't invincible. Giving birth made me feel like I could die at any minute.

I would say that's at the center of masculinity in the 21st century: How do you become comfortable enough that you can feel stronger by opening up to another human being, rather than the instinct, which is, the more closed off you are, the stronger you are because you're not vulnerable?

It's hard to constantly delve into your psyche and unearth these deep and often painful feelings and hold them out in front of people and say, 'Here's the most vulnerable part of me.'

My company and people think I'm wacky when I have an idea... I know if I have an idea, no one will want to go through it. But if I persist, people will go through it.

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

Sometimes you have to understand that you push ahead, there's going to be a lot of flak, there's going to be a lot of dogs barking, but the wagon train moves ahead.

I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up.

It started off with flu-like symptoms and pain; then, I started feeling really funny. In two weeks, I was paralyzed from the waist down, and it spiraled down from there. Every ability I had was slowly slipping away.

I'd tell my 20-year-old self, 'Don't be afraid to do it all. Whatever you're interested in, just go for it. Don't wait around for a better time.'

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone.