Vernon Wells Quotes

I'm mostly a quiet person by nature and don't like letting my emotions come out on the field.

I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.

I think we're all sensitive; everyone has a certain way about themselves that people don't like to let their emotions out too often. I think people tend to suppress them and hold them in, so I think there's a bit of that in me.

I was labeled at a young age - Miss Unemotional, Miss Cool, and that would carry over to my press conferences.

I tend to not wallow too much in sentiment if I can avoid it.

I don't really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It's all inside me. I am good at hiding everything.

You know, the emotion - it comes in my art. The kind of person I am, I can deal with things, and I do and I can, but I'm not a crier.

Even as a boy, my dad always told me, 'Don't show emotion.' If I banged my cue, he would give me a row and say, 'Stop that.' Don't show any petulance. It was developed, certainly, but I think you have got to have it in you.

I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself.

I was a master at keeping my feelings in.

For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way - or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry.

The way I work emotionally is: I don't ever try to cry. I try not to, which is what for me produces organic emotion.

I don't display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I've developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

If I'm uncomfortable, you'd never know.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

For years I used to think that you had to hide your emotions to show that you are strong.

That's just never been me - 'Oh, this is hurt; that's why I'm playing like this.' That's just not the type of person I am.

How a character hides his feelings tells us something about him.

I'm not too big on feelings.

I am expressive but secretive about my emotions.

As a footballer, I have always found it better not to be too emotional. Better to be cool, consistent, clinical. Celebrate goals, yes, but keep your feelings for those you trust most.

I'm not an emotional person. I don't use the emotion train that much. I just use the happy card.

I don't want to show my emotions in public.