Jennifer Saunders Quotes

Normally, we push away the things we're scared of.

Typically, I would run away from conflict and write about it - that was easier than staying and dealing face-to-face with humans; that's terrifying for me.

When I'm scared, my natural state is to hide and run for cover.

A doctor once told me that with crying you aren't sure what its derivation is. If someone comes at you with a knife, you don't cry: you scream, you try to run. When it's over and you're OK, that's when you cry.

Under so much pressure and the situation that I was in, that was the personality that came across with me.

Sometimes when things are way too big and I can't control it, I do sort of a weird thing where I kind of check out a little bit. It's all about self-preservation for me.

I am somebody who never came close to a physical altercation, because I was too scared of even getting near one - I'd probably just start crying.

I have a tendency to check out when the stakes are too high in a movie.

I have always been scared of confrontation. My therapist says it stems from my fear of abandonment.

Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight-or-flight thing.

My natural response to a stressful situation is to shut down. I do weird things, like, I don't cry, I get really cold.

When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.

The purpose of fear, clearly, is to help you get away - which it does. If your heart rate increases, there is more blood pumping so you can use that blood to fuel your muscles to run away. Oxygen is sent to the lungs so you can run fast. Pupils dilating help you see in the dark. All of that prepares your body to fight or escape.

I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.

All of my life, when things got too difficult, I folded up the tent and went to bed. I couldn't stand a challenge... I was terrified of confrontation. I was very laid-back, and just wouldn't get involved or fight back.

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response.

Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that says otherwise.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

Pressure makes people react in different ways. Some people plunge in, and others take the way out.

Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium.

I'm really emotional. I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead. I've learned not to do that.

I wouldn't be face-washing anyone in real life. I'd be skating to the bench real fast to get away.

If I feel vulnerable, I get angry.