Channing Tatum Quotes

Men just need to be open and not emasculate one another.

I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk.

I like the idea of a love story between men. There is a great affection between men, which exists much more in ethnic groups: Latin, Italian, Jewish.

I don't think men were meant to be interviewed.

I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.

Most men have an insecurity of some sort. But we're brought up to believe that we can't show them.

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.

And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.

You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply unbearable.

I think the truth about male friendship is often left out of the media, and it's that it has a million different shades, because masculinity has a million different forms.

In today's society, a lot of males think you have to be strong all the time, and you're not allowed to show weakness. That's just so false.

Sometimes hiding behind masculinity with your homies can get in the way of having a real dialogue.

Boys don't cry. But they do. We do. I do. I weep all the time.

I really like older British guys - I don't think any of them would ever have a problem with crying in front of a woman or saying "I love you" or "You hurt me" or emotional stuff like that.

Sometimes guys need to cry. Some hockey players think they're too tough to cry.

In terms of men being feminist allies, it's just important to speak from your own place. I'd love to hear men singing about masculinity and the damage it does to them.

A man doesn't cry. In my life, I've never cried. I cannot do it. I am a man. How will I cry?

Women love an honest man. An honest man that isn't afraid to say, 'Men get hurt too.' And a lot of men don't admit that.

We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.

I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys.

When I'm talking to groups that are all men, we talk about how the masculine role limits them. They often want to talk about how they missed having real fathers, real loving, present fathers, because of the way that they tried to fit the picture of masculinity.

Women may think men have it all, but only because we've been socialized to express the emotions that are tied to this reality differently, which is to say, men are not to express the emotions that are tied to it.

I don't really relate to certain blokey men who just want to talk about blokey things. I never really know what to say and I always feel I have to act blokey in order to have them not say, 'You're a weirdo.'

Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'

Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.