Andre Braugher Quotes

Women think that men don't talk about their feelings with guys. We do talk to friends about relationships, but it's succinct - 10 minutes, then we move on.

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.

My own father didn't talk a lot about feelings or emotions.

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 realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

I'm not too big on feelings.

It's a real bloke thing, not talking to people because it's not manly to get help.

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

I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry.

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

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 don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things that most men would rather not admit: That we feel pain, we cry, get sad and sometimes don't deal well with disappointment.

Young men are crazy strange emotional beings.

What's interesting is that both men and women are struggling with this issue in remarkably similar percentages, but the big difference is that women tend to talk about this when men keep it silent.

I think we're all sensitive; everyone has a certain way about themselves that people don't like to let their emotions out too often. I think people tend to suppress them and hold them in, so I think there's a bit of that in me.

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.

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

So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just don't find honest. I think it's this idea of - you know, we're told, well, 'Be a man, be a man.' But what does that mean, exactly? Does that mean you can't carry yourself with any fear? That you can't acknowledge that you're scared?

For years I used to think that you had to hide your emotions to show that you are strong.

Women, on behalf of men all over the world who feel similar to me, please forgive us for all the ways that we have not relied on your strength. And now I would like to ask you to formally help us, because we cannot do this alone. We are men. We're going to mess up. We're going to say the wrong thing. We're going to be tone-deaf. We're more than likely, probably, going to offend you. But don't lose hope. We're only here because of you, and like you, as men, we need to stand up and become your allies as you fight against pretty much everything. We need your help in celebrating our vulnerability and being patient with us as we make this very, very long journey from our heads to our hearts.

It is difficult for someone raised in my world to learn to express emotion. We are taught early to hide our feelings publicly.

Boys do cry, but I don't think I shed a tear for a good chunk of my teenage years.

The more comfortable men are with dealing with their own vulnerability and their own ideas of masculinity and feeling emasculated, the healthier they are. It's a healthy thing to deal with.