Mel Giedroyc Quotes

I've never been good at getting on people's nerves, and from the little quotes I read, it's like, 'You're not doing enough in your life if you're not making someone angry.' And I'm like, 'Man. But my life - I seem to help people get somewhere, so am I not? Should I be more aggressive?' That's the way my inside voice sounds.

I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

Passive-aggressive is the worst thing in the world to me!

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.

I have some anger issues.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

In elementary school, we should teach nonviolent conflict resolution and healthy communication skills, which will help children cope with issues like rejection and sexuality later in life.

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.

I think over time I've learned to stop being a screamer and get interactive; otherwise, you get killed in Hollywood. I stopped being a screamer shortly after 'Blade Runner,' kicking doors and things like that, because I wasn't actually getting anywhere.

I'm not a person who likes to confront.

I believe that it's important to not just shy away from confrontation.

Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away.

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I do avoid different things I don't send any messages in doing so.

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

On land, you can walk away from people, from unpleasant situations. But when you're on a ship for 14 months with 49 other people, if you don't resolve your issues it literally could mean - and this would be an extreme circumstance - the sinking of the ship. You learn a lot about other people. You learn a lot about yourself.

So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.

I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.

I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead.

I'm not mean, just aggressive.

I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.

I used to get offended by things that were said to me, or how I was seen, Now I educate. If I get pissed off, I'll educate in a sassy way.