Winona Ryder Quotes

I'm actually very vulnerable and sensitive.

I don't mean to be so sensitive, but that's just who I am. And I'm not afraid to admit it.

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

I know you're supposed to be thick-skinned in this business, but I'm not. I kind of like to hang on to being vulnerable.

I think all jocks have a sensitive side. It's just, will they show it to anybody? Will they let their guard down and stop being tough and the cool jock guy around their friends, or just relax? I don't know if it's best to say opening up, but just relax and really say what you're actually thinking, and not what you think people want to hear.

I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. It means engaging with the world from a place of vulnerability and worthiness.

People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive.

I'm sensitive. I'm proud of being sensitive. I'm proud of being empathetic.

In the past, I have assumed the word 'vulnerability' equates with the word 'weakness' and 'This Is Us' shows us that it is in fact the opposite.

I love vulnerability. It's what keeps me soft and from becoming emotionally calcified.

By being vulnerable, either with yourself or in the presence of another person, that’s where all growth and ultimate well-being comes from.

Some of us are only going to show our emotions while we're actually vulnerable. But that's what makes us human.

I think it takes a lot of confidence to be comfortable in being vulnerable.

I like to be fragile. I like that. I try to be close to that energy and sensibility.

The most vulnerable people have tough exteriors because they are very scared inside, and it's very hard for people like that - people like me - to open up. But playing it safe means you stop being open to learning. I always try to find the challenges.

I'm so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It's so bizarre to me... I do have those qualities, and I just don't think there's anything wrong with them.

The parts of people that are the most lovable is usually the thing they're least willing to share: the tender, vulnerable side of people that's endearing and magnetic and lovable - that's the part they hide.

There is no harm in showing your feelings. It's not unmanly.

You can still be a man and have an emotional side.

I'm very emotional and vulnerable.

Am I ever gonna grow thick skin? No.

I'm bad at hiding my emotions.

Showing your emotions is not a weakness.

Choosing to remain vulnerable and sensitive despite disappointments or heartbreak helps me stay authentic to my life. It is the hardest part.

I'm a pretty emotionally available person.