Yolanda King Quotes

The premise for me has always been that it's vulnerable people who do violent things. And the more vulnerable they feel, often, the more violent they are. But I think, you know, that's an idea that comes from history, from classical theater, for me.

Bullies have a soft spot, and mean girls have a reason to be that way. It's a matter of understanding why a person is the way they are.

It's not like you can say, 'This is the right side and this is the wrong side,' because obviously, a happy person is never going to want to inflict pain on somebody else. So the bullies are really victims themselves and yada, yada, yada, pop psychology, but it's true.

Somebody who attacks everybody has something missing.

I think I really like psychology because my job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought murder. The line between thinking murder and doing murder isn't that major.

I majored in psychology, and I still love listening to people's problems.

In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.

My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.

I don't believe in revenge. When people are bullies it's because of a deeper-rooted issue - either their family life is tough or they're being bullied by someone bigger than they are.

I like understanding what's underneath, what's really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.

I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder.

We're not excusing the ones who are mean, but I want girls to understand the psychology. It's not in everyone. But the bully needs to put this pain somewhere.

I took a psychology class, and I think the study of the mind can help me further my acting ability. It's also taught me about getting into an environment with new people and acting like you've known them forever.

Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.

Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies.

I'll get to the force field of this hostility, why it's there, why the rage is in any of us, why the trash takes place, whether or not it's between me and a couple of hecklers in the audience or between this country and another nation, the rage.

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.

The Green Lanterns are very forward and very courageous, very forceful. The Red Lanterns are out of control, and they're not in their right mind because when we're angry or in rage, we say things and we do things we wouldn't normally do.

I think probably the reason why I really enjoy acting is that I really am interested in people. I'm interested in what they think, why they think it and what happened in their lives to make them see things a certain way.

I think acting and psychology are both looking at what makes human beings tick. I've always found that fascinating.

There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.

I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure.

I'm not mean, just aggressive.