Tom Bateman Quotes

I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time.

I had a chat with my dad and decided that sometimes you've just got to look like you're fighting. So I started putting myself about a bit more, showing a bit more aggression in training.

It's important for me to be aggressive and not defer.

Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.

I've always known what I've wanted, but I used to be shy about expressing that in regards to my career. So I've become a lioness. If something's happening that I don't necessarily feel comfortable about, I will speak my mind. Or if I want to do something, I go for it.

For me, aggression means not to be shy and to do what your mind tells you.

I don't feel like I have to be nice and apologetic all of the time. I'm trying to be strong and fierce.

But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn't sure which.

Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.

There are so many people who will try and make you feel like your opinion doesn't matter, and I've learned how important it is to use your voice.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. I mean, some people do live in fear. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is right.

Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.

I think if a woman is feeling aggressive, she should be aggressive and not hold back.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.

For me, saying 'I'm bossy' is a cute, tongue-in-cheek way of saying that I'm in control of my life.

I'm not averse to telling people off.

I realized that if I don't like something, I can change it. If I don't feel comfortable with something, then I have a voice to say it's not cool.

I learned early on - I can go to a shoot, and they will put anything they want to put on me, and I'll look like an idiot because I didn't say I don't like it. It's OK to have an opinion.

I will continue to be good but if people think I don't have a voice and that I don't take stand for myself, that's what I will do. I will show that I have another side to me.

I'd always rather be a jerk than a loser.

If I want to be brave enough to stand up and make my opinions count, I will have to take the punches and roll with it.

We've all been in that metaphoric place, having to scream out what you want in the face of your fears.