Hank Azaria Quotes

To have your parents get divorced at a young age, there's a lot of turbulence. We all grew up together, in some way. It was not idyllic. It was intense, vibrant, sometimes oppressive. I felt I was very much in a world of my own. I didn't meld much in school. I was kind of a loner.

In the past I'd lose and not talk for a few days. I'd become strange. Difficult to live with.

It's just so hard growing up: you go through things, especially acting - I go to a different set every couple of months, and you meet an entirely new group of people that are around you 24/7. It's not an easy situation to go into when you're a shy person.

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

I was the little, funny one. I felt I was the child among grown women.

I don't really feel comfortable anywhere except when I'm working alone at home. It's exhausting to be out around people.

Some days, for some reason, I can't go anywhere, and I'm like, 'That was a mistake,' and other days no one will even notice me.

Because I am basically so insecure and anxious and afraid, I never, ever in my life learned to reach out for help, ever.

I was sort of a miserable teenager.

Sometimes, being a girl away from home - it gets to you.

Between 2014 and 2016, I was just, like, extremely sad. Like, really, really just not able to be in the spotlight.

'Prisoner' is not a direct 'I've just been divorced' album, although that fire is burning very well on the record.

It wasn't easy for me to socialize with other kids when I got back from touring. I felt different. Like we all do, but I didn't feel like I got all the codes. I was a little awkward.

I think everyone kinda feels a little out place sometimes.

As my marriage was slowly dissolving into silent meals and awkward nights of avoiding conversation, I started pondering an unmarried future and wondered if I'd ever be able to hack being single again.

When I read that nobody should ever feel ashamed to be alone or to be in a crowd, I realized that I often felt ashamed of both of those things.

I feel like I go through an awkward phase almost every day.

Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges.

The first time I moved to L.A., I was there for five months, and my health got so bad because of how depressed I was.

Of course there are moments for everyone, and certainly for me, where you do feel misunderstood. You feel like you can't really connect. You do feel like you're alone in something.

Pray for me, I need happiness in life. It was a very tough decision to leave my husband and son and come away to Mumbai and start all over again.

As much of a privilege as it is to pass, it's painful. You have to compartmentalize your life. That's awkward. Dating can be horrible.

I spent most of my adolescence feeling awkward but never once mentioned it.

I remembered what it was like: the weirdness, being the odd man out, trying to make my way around campus, and trying to figure out who my friends would be, who to steer clear of. I wrote it all down in a fanciful way - the feelings of alienation, the feelings of uncertainty, of being away from home for the first time.

From the time I was little, I always felt like an outsider. I always felt nervous and uncomfortable with myself.