Brian Andreas Quotes

I think having pointers and having guidance from mentors is very important, but it never actually embodies what you go through. And if something doesn't feel good, why do you repeat it? If you feel good bemoaning an audition for a week, go for it. But if you feel better bemoaning an audition that didn't go very well for 30 minutes because you believe in the craft and the process, then I suggest you do that. And that's what I suggest to myself. The alternative is way too painful and destructive.

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

I should never be left alone with my mind for too long.

Why do people spend their time being sad when they could be happy?

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

Regret is a toxin that I try not to allow in my body.

If you are chronically down, it is a lifelong fight to keep from sinking

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

Half the ills we heard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them.

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

We have a tendency to put ourselves last, we concentrate on everything else; work, friends, family, home issues, but we ignore the deeper stuff until it becomes so compressed that it can explode.

I'm the type of person who can get a feel for what you need and what I need to do to push you to get you to a breaking point, where you realize that you can't go on this way anymore, that the reason you're heavy is because you're ignoring all the stuff that's going on inside.

It's not that I want to necessarily avoid my darker moments, but I don't capitalize them and put a crown on them and tote them around as the answer anymore.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.

I have my ups and my downs like anyone. All I can do is be me.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

I'm by no means an expert at giving advice on depression, but I would say that a lot of my show is about making the decision to be happy. We all think that happiness is something that just falls into our lap. But it's something you have to really work on.

I've definitely gone through phases where I'm not happy with my life, and you notice in little ways until they start adding up.

Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression.

My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.