Katee Sackhoff Quotes

I don't know what else you could do that is more vulnerable - maybe dancing - than singing.

Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

There's something so naked about being on stage as a musician. I think about that even with standup comedy or something - like, 'This is it, this is what I got.'

It felt like a huge risk when I first started putting my comic online. It was very scary to put myself out there that way and to open up something that I cared about very dearly - and to be the only creator involved with it.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.

Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.

Comedy is frightening at first because you're opening yourself up. When it's just you and people hate it, you're like, "Oh God. Do they hate me?"

When you put yourself out into the world and say, 'Hey, look at me,' you're going to get criticized.

Half of acting is you're very intimidated, overcoming your fears, letting yourself be vulnerable in front of people and that sort of stuff.

Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time.

It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying.

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.

Once I wrote 'Atmosphere,' I thought, 'This is my story; it's me and my life and what I've gone through to get to where I am.' I'm not the best singer, but still. All of my albums are personal, but putting myself out there and singing is one more thing that makes me vulnerable - one more thing that people can fire shots at.

Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.

It's very scary to allow the world to see you.

You have to open up on stage.