Lisa Kleypas Quotes

I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

There's so much toxic masculinity out there. I grew up with the notion that the more masculine you are and the less you show emotion, the more of a man you are.

Today the sort of thing for a guy in England growing up is that you have to suppress all your emotions. It's almost like you have to sit back and be cool.

I'm not macho, I'm not a Mel Gibson sort of person.

I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood and was raised by a man who did not emote, ever... I always cry at movies, and when I was a kid, I would try to hide it. It wasn't something a kid in Oaklyn, N.J., did. So I have these weird hang-ups about emotions.

If I tell a man he needs to quit his soul-sucking job, he has to go home and fight with his wife or fight with his parents and fight with his in-laws and fight with everybody, because men aren't supposed to be happy; they're supposed to do well.

As a black man, so often you grow up suppressing your emotions and sensitivity.

I don't think you have to be this macho man all the time, just because you play sport.

I was told not to cry as a kid.

I'm not a very macho guy.

Part of my family were ranchers. So you were expected to be quite macho. You weren't expected to cry. I was the exact opposite of that.

Another of these strong silent men. The world is full of us.

I'm a Western-cultured man who subscribes to the ancient saw that men do not cry, I don't cry either. I'll go to a movie, for example, and not infrequently something triggers the urge to weep, but I don't allow myself.

Don't tell me anymore. You should have your dream, as the old woman told you to. I understand how you feel, but if you put those feelings into words they will turn into lies. (from Thailand)

If you push me, I'll shove, I'm masculine. When she wants to play rough, I'm masculine.

I'm a guy so I equate vulnerability with fear.

By the way, only a real man can accept his feminine side." "I don't know who fed you that line of garbage, but I can promise she's laughing at you right now.

We had an ancient Russian acting coach at my drama school who said the worst offense you could commit was to let your subtext show. That is the point of acting, is to be saying one thing and not be allowed by society or your predicament to show what you're really feeling. In a way, I think that's why the therapy generation has killed script writing, because all you ever get is people going, "Hi, I'm feeling really angry right now."

I love my dog. I hate bankers. I have issues with women. In my head, I’m a great guy.

Anger is very difficult for me to express. I have a tremendous amount of anger but I like to save it . . . for my loved ones.

It was odd how one found oneself making trivial conversation on important occasions. Perhaps it was because one could not say what was really in one's mind.

Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.

I have a tendency to really stuff things — like, I don't really express certain feelings.

We are so not breaking out the violins and pity partying.

I think if we all acted the way we felt, four out of eight people at a dinner table would be sitting there sobbing.