Leslie Mann Quotes

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

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

Acting has always been a way for me to express the emotions I had buried. If I hadn't acted, I would have gone insane. In my acting class, I could let out my real tears and everyone thought it was the character. But no, it was me.

I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.

If your character doesn't express himself or doesn't feel confident expressing himself, then you don't express yourself.

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

Whatever it is that I feel, I express it! I am free with my joy, my laughter, my pleasure, my pain, and I am blessed in that way as an actress that I can access those feelings within myself and not be ashamed to show whatever that is that's appropriate for the character.

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.

I've come to realize that the more I censor myself, the less people relate to me.

Acting can be an amazingly cathartic thing - especially for young girls.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

There's just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don't know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don't invalidate me.

As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don't fit on a comedy stage and if you act you'll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal.

Me being a shy kid, very closed off, showing vulnerability in a character was sort of a safe space on stage. It's always been in my toolbox, there for me when I need it.

Sometimes I feel like I used to be a person that liked to express himself a lot and put my feelings out there.

If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

I am not good at first or second impressions, and you have to spend some time with me to know me. Also, I don't want to put my best foot forward and prove something, as that is not me. I would rather be me and have you like me for who I am, instead of being someone else.

When I was younger, I was afraid to be myself.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

Speaking the truth gets a little easier each time you do it.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

When people like your music because it has vulnerable honesty, and you're able to comfortably admit to flaws and imperfections, then that's the most liberating thing about being an artist.