Eric Reid Quotes

I just try to do me and stay out of harms way.

I understand my limits. I'm not going to go out there just to fight for money and to put on a show for people at the risk of my own health. I won't do that.

So it’s really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours.

If it comes down to your ethics vs. a job, choose ethics. You can always find another job.

I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.

Remember, it is a deep principle of our nature not to regard the safety of those who do not regard their own. If you are indifferent to your own safety, you must not be surprised if those less interested should become more so.

In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.

I try to keep my private life kind of private.

Protect yourself like you would your cubs - as a grown woman, you're no one's cub anymore.

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

I always try to avoid anything that has to do with my life.

I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed.

I'm afraid I'm still trying to find that balance. Especially now that everyone wants a piece of me. I find that I have to become more and more reclusive, and pick and choose when I am public and when I am private.

I'm not going to be doing anything to hurt myself or my fans.

People often express surprise that I'm not a psychopath. But it's not about what I want to do to other people, it's that I'm scared of what other people might do to me.

You have to find a way to protect yourself in a certain way from people who are constantly demanding your time.

I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as best I can while still protecting my writer self, which more than ever needs privacy.

I don't see my movies. I think it's healthier and safer to keep a bit of distance. I'm afraid to be disappointed.

There is nothing about me that I wouldn't want anyone to know, but there is a part of me that I do want to keep private and personal just because that is what's going to keep me sane in the long run - making sure people don't know my every move.

Earlier in my career, I was much more super-sharey. There were moments when I wanted to process things that were happening to me more privately, and I didn't have the space to do it, because once you let people in, they're in, and you don't get to say, 'Oh, I want this for myself.'

You just always have to protect yourself. Try not to take any unnecessary hits.

I have learnt my boundaries and what I need to do to preserve my energy and not give out too much of myself every night.

I stay standoffish in a sense, in my own personal space, to be able to cope with whatever it is you've got to cope with.

At the end of the day, your life is on the line when you're dealing with abusive men, and your life is more important than any man.

Nobody else is going to protect yourself. You've got to protect yourself.