Agyness Deyn Quotes

No, I am a crier and if people ever saw me privately they would be shocked at what a bowl of mush I am underneath it all.

Showing your emotions is not a weakness.

I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.

I have a producer friend who despairs that I come across as rather frosty and never show the real me, and she might have a point.

I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects.

People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.

I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.

I play damaged people a lot. I'm a Cancer. And I say that tongue and cheek, but I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'm a very emotional woman.

Most of the time my own family feels like I don't need anything, I'm tough as nails and I don't have any feelings about anything. They really think that I'm this super tough person. I have a tough exterior, but I get upset. I have feelings and all those things. I wear my heart on my sleeve.

I can be overly confident at times, but with someone who I'm very close to, like with my mother, I will break down. In real life, people will find out that I'm not actually that confident and that I'm a real guy underneath it all.

I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable.

People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive.

I'm actually very vulnerable and sensitive.

It's such a release to show yourself as not a charming person but just someone who is vulnerable.

I've always been very open with my emotions. Actually, that's got me into a lot of trouble, too, in the past.

I was constantly being told I shouldn't talk so much about how I was feeling. They seemed to think I was giving too much away to my competitors. Showing signs of weakness. But I've always thought that was rubbish.

The way I look at it, I'm more of a man because I'm in touch with my emotions. I think people that deny their emotions are pretty weak individuals, if you want my honest opinion.

Strength comes in so many forms. Not just the physical strength, but to understand the emotional strength. To have emotional vulnerability, to show that's not a weakness.

Don't hold back from being an 'empath.' Don't be afraid of shedding your tears. Feel it. Feel the full extent of everything. It gives us strength.

I'm a pretty emotionally available person.

I am an emotional person, but I am not embarrassed by that.

For so long, I've been a little misunderstood as a person. You know, I do have this strut about me. I don't know if it's the Jersey girl in me. I like to think of myself as an egg, you know? Hard on the outside but soft on the inside.

I am stronger than words and I am bigger than the box I'm in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart -I am listening and I am listening because what I'm playing isn't something I'm thinking about, it's something I'm feeling all over.