Jonathan Majors Quotes

I'm an emotional sort of person in general and I have a vivid imagination, so I feel the whole spectrum of emotion strongly when I write.

My mother has stories of leaving me in the bath as small kid, like a 3-year-old, and there being mirrors on the side, and her going to get a towel and coming back in, and me making faces at myself, like, 'Now I'm happy. Now I'm sad.'

I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same.

I'm the youngest of three sisters. We were always performing plays for each other.

As a father, I've tried to encourage my children to have a broader and deeper emotional life than I've had. I want my sons to be able to express their feelings about things.

You get to become a kid again when you work with kids. They do crazy stuff.

I was really sheltered growing up, with six brothers and sisters. We played together all the time, and I was living in a fantasy world, like most creative people.

For a child everything is wonderful, be it going to a fair or visting a temple with parents. This happiness and enthusiasm needs to reflect in my writing.

Creative people are more emotionally charged, so I am a super sensitive person.

One time my mom tried to send me to my room for a time-out when I was 5 or 6, and I was like, "Fine! I like my room! All my imagination and toys are in my room!" I will never forget that. And she will never forget that.

My earliest memories are of my brother, pointing the home video camera at me and saying, "C'mon, Ange, give us a show!" Neither of my parents ever said, "Be quiet! Stop talking!" I remember my father looking me in the eye and asking, "What are you thinking? What are you feeling?" That's what I do in my job now - I say. "OK, how do I feel about this?" And I immediately know, because that's how I grew up.

I'm not sassy all day every day. I have levels and feelings.

I'm the oldest in my family, and I grew up with brothers, so we would be on the front lawn every day playing football, whether it's tackle or tag.

I love kids - they're so carefree and always put a smile on my face.

I am expressive but secretive about my emotions.

If you play without the shackles and burdens, then you play like you did when you were a kid.

Having a sense of humor about yourself is a sign of mental health.

I wrote 'Me and Ma' to celebrate a beautiful phase of my life with people.

Whenever I write, I try and approach my stories from some kind of universal theme or idea or emotion.

My favourite memory was the first time my mum bought me a bubble blower. I must have been the happiest girl in the world that day. I was all over those bubbles like a moth to a flame.

I loved being my father's audience and watching him in front of the mirror as he talked to himself made up like a clown.

Before puberty, it seems like I was more or less smiling a lot. I was really outgoing and wanted to have a happy life.

I think being a kid is a wonderful thing, and I don't want to speed up that process any more.

Ever since I was a little girl, I loved dressing up.

I'm quite an emotional person... I ain't just this Northern brat all the time.