Jackie Earle Haley Quotes

My wife had a bad habit of biting her nails, but I cured her. I hid her teeth.

I'm a nail biter and have been my whole life.

Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.

In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect.

I have a completely addictive personality. Diet Coke is my last - God, I know people counting days off Diet Coke; I'm such a Diet Cokehead. Now I won't let myself buy it.

I bite my fingernails. That's probably not a good thing.

I am an addictive personality.

I've got a pretty addictive personality.

I struggle with control.

I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.

Why pay $100 on a therapy session when you can spend $25 on a cigar? Whatever it is will come back; so what, smoke another one.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

I get angry about things, then go on and work.

I've always had an addictive nature.

I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again.

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

I don't snack all the time, but I do sometimes drink l more than I should.

I can turn around and scream and get angry, but I turn around and I forget about it.

I'm always going to have an addictive personality.

Some people can vent their anger, take a breath, and let it go, but I wasn't one of them.

Getting mad only leads to madness.

When I have the urge to get back to coaching, I lie down and wait until it passes.

I need to protect myself from my own addictive impulse.

I wanna be bad sometimes - I wanna rip everything apart, -but it comes on less and less. Doing all this music stuff is very good for it.

When I am stressed I pluck my beard, leaving bald patches.