Anna Chancellor Quotes

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

I always call myself an emotionalist. I feel.

Without our emotions, we can't make smart decisions.

I've always been pretty in touch with what I'm feeling.

I'm not someone who's particularly in touch with the way they feel. I've heard it said that you should be a 'human being' not a 'human doing', but I'm a human doing, very much so.

I try not to be overly analytical.

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.

When we are fully conscious and aware, we actually know when we are about to overreact. When we are mindful, we have the mental space and are aware of when our moods change. When we are mindful, we are aware of when our mental models are being challenged and when expectation does not meet with reality, which can trigger an emotional response.

We need to know how we are feeling. Mindfully acknowledging our feelings serves as an 'emotional thermostat' that recalibrates our decision making. It's not that we can't be anxious, it's that we need to acknowledge to ourselves that we are.

I really explored self-awareness and emotions through 'Green Lantern.' It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We're all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction. For me, it was about recognizing my self-awareness.

Maybe I think too much.

A spiritual person is also in touch with his or her own reality, feelings and thoughts, and the reality of the people around him or her, not projecting on them.

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

I don't pay attention to how I feel about anything.

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities.

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.

Generally speaking, I think it's a good idea to stay conscious of any kind of energy or emotion that you're generating, whether it's at the end of a work day or just in your everyday life.

When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.

Especially since I started studying acting, I feel like I'm always super-aware of my emotions and my feelings and what's going on with me at every moment. I definitely think I wasn't very present prior to that.

I think too much.

I'm very big on feeling.

I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.

I think we have a cultural difficulty with looking at our problems.

Discipline yourself. Be conscious of what you think, and what you like. What gets you mad? What gets you in your feelings? Figure that stuff out and take control of it so nobody else can control you.