Martha Wainwright Quotes

Doing interviews after a game, you can't give your true emotions. You can't tap into them. So when you do that for so long, you go into acting and it can be difficult to suddenly just be open and vulnerable.

I internalize everything, keep everything inside. I'm not used to spilling my guts, and when you have to do that on film to make a point, it's hard. It's rough. I don't think it's as easy as people think.

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate.

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

I'm actually not an exhibitionist at all. When you get onstage and you get under the lights playing music, I feel more hidden and more alone than anywhere else. You hide behind your music and let your emotions come out through the music.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I was desperate really for people not to accuse me of coldness. It was taboo.

Every woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening; the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal.

I've always had a problem showing fear on a film.

I figured if I played in the no-man's land of intimacy, I would learn to be a performer.

Most guys, tough or not, hide emotions. I know a lot of tough guys; they're just as weak as the next man, but they don't show it.

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.

I don't usually let people see me cry.

You hear people say, 'Well, I was going to say this, but I knew I couldn't get through it without crying.' Well, like, think of all the great things we didn't hear because of that.

There are times I've been surprised by how emotional I can be on stage.

I am an appalling softie. But somehow, somewhere along the line, I've learnt how to hide it.

I don't cry unless it's personal.

Especially in our industry, everything is so prim and proper; you'll never really see anyone show their sad side, because everyone wants to be perfect.

If I'm honest, I suppose there's something I don't want people to see in my eyes. They really are the window to the soul.

Falling in front of an audience - that's, like, my biggest fear.

I can't show, let alone share, my emotions. In fact, I've kept it all locked up within myself all my life. Yeah, it's a problem, especially when it comes to relationships with the people close to me.

Awww, I was so shy about watching my own work broadcast on TV.

Especially in front of my dad, I don't like being weak. I don't like crying in front of my dad because I don't want to make him cry.