Nikki Reed Quotes

I tend to take things personally. But I can only take so much, and then I jump back. I have strong survival skills.

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.

I'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.

We are not a victim of our emotions or thoughts. We can understand our triggers and use them as tools to help us respond more objectively.

Wallow too much in sensitivity and you can't deal with life, or the truth.

I don't think I get that upset over things.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

I think one big thing for me that I need to work on is being able to separate my feelings and emotions from my matches.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

I react emotionally to everything!

That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

Having a thick skin doesn't mean that you're hard or harsh. I was lucky because I was born with a thick skin. That doesn't mean that things don't bother me, but you have to keep it in perspective.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance.

When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So be prepared for it. This is a tough business for actors who are sensitive. If you try to hold on to things, you'll go crazy.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.

Being irrational and out of control is what happens in real life. Not cautiously choreographing your anger or your emotions, losing yourself in them is what happens in real life.

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

There's no doubt I'm emotional.

I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.

I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.

I'm good at keeping on top of my emotions and not letting them influence the fight.

If we are not affected by our environment, then we have somewhere become insensitive. It might be good in a way because you might not be affected by anything and be calm always.

I'm very sensitive. I remember, as a kid at school, if someone in the classroom was sad or angry, it could have a great impact on me.

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