Ben Whishaw Quotes

I know you're supposed to be thick-skinned in this business, but I'm not. I kind of like to hang on to being vulnerable.

People are all vulnerable in so many different ways. We go into survival mode a lot of times.

I would like to be soft and warm. I would be terrified to be that way. I could be hurt if I were soft and warm. I could be hurt by something other than myself. It is harder to be soft than it is to be hard. I could be hurt by something other than myself.

She had always maintained a cynical facade, using it as a defence against embarrassment, fear, loneliness… but at the moment she felt unusually vulnerable.

You might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not.

I'm a woman who carries around all these layers of fear and vulnerability.

I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself.

It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask.

Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.

I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it's like you're opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don't know who's going to come in that door.

I had this thing about not giving too much of myself away, so I thought, if I sang lyrics, that's giving too much away. You know, I really didn't want to give myself away.

But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.

I'm very sensitive and I'm quite a soft person, and I cry a lot when things upset me.

Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them. I don't. I don't want you to feel sorry for me.

I'd always been fascinated by people who allow themselves to be so rude and irritated and foul-mouthed and hostile, but usually you can sense there's something vulnerable beneath them - a shield they use to protect that vulnerable side. Finally, when they expose that soft spot, it's kind of touching.

There are always reasons for people's behaviour, and it's easy just to dismiss them and assume that we already know their story, especially if they're no good at showing their emotions. Life gives you all these knocks, it's so easy to form a shell to protect yourself. I've done it myself.

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

I'm actually very vulnerable and sensitive.

I do have a vulnerable side. I think a lot of people have a misperception of me. They only see the tough, defensive, aggressive side. But every woman is vulnerable.

I wish I could unknow this, but there is a perception of me that I'm super-sensitive and fragile. And I am super-sensitive, and I don't think that that's a bad thing. To do what I do, I have to remain open.

If we didn't desensitize ourselves in some way, every day would feel like its own tragedy.

I was a very anxious kid. I was bullied at primary school and responded by making myself as anonymous as possible at secondary school.

I'm very emotional and vulnerable.

If someone has gone through a lot of emotional pain, including the loss of loved ones, that person may try to build a shell around his or her feelings to protect him- or herself from the pain.

I put so much of myself out there and make myself so accessible that sometimes I fear I make myself too accessible.