John Dickey Quotes

I went to university and I was a bit out of my depth, socially.

And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.

The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio - it sent me a bit mad.

I'm mostly a mess, and I hide it pretty well a lot of time.

There are moments when your mind is very vulnerable. You feel a lot of doubts.

Many feel the need to hide their problems from their school friends, work colleagues and even members of their own family.

I could come in the gym to train with the boys and they'd think I was alright, but I'd go home and sit there crying.

Honestly, not being well received makes me feel very vulnerable. Not being included or regarded highly enough makes me crazy.

What makes me deeply vulnerable? Probably the thing I suffer most from and have the most uncontrollable reactions from is still social anxiety.

I was very awkward as a kid. I was a square trying to fit into a circle and it never worked for me. The harder I tried, the harder I fell. For some reason I was a real target and I got beat up and called names.

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

I just feel like if I start opening the door to talking about my university experience, then people just kind of... own everything. There was a lot of stuff a couple of years ago saying that I was bullied at Brown and awful things like that, none of which were true.

Childhood can be hell. One reason … is that as a child you have no power.

Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment, the ships of their lives could capsize or sink.

I was an emotional wreck even as a young child, fearful and tearful.

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

I don't think I'm an unhappy person. It's just an intensity, not a depressive thing. It's just not having enough layers of skin. It's exhausting.

I'm very shy. I wish more people believed me when I say that.

I wish I didn't care about what people say about me, but I do.

We don't discount that people's fears are their fears.

I never had an easy time making friends in the past, for many reasons. I didn't go into therapy for nothing.

As I got into middle school, I was really an outcast. But everybody was an outcast in middle school. I don't know who got the idea to put all kids going through puberty together in a school and give them academic elitism and competition and pit them against each other.

I have this want-to-be-liked thing, but deep down, I had this rage. I was just - I was blinded. I wasn't healthy enough to be able to learn more. I had one mode - to fight.

It's official: The biggest back-to-school bullies are anxiety, worry and fear.

I was a very studious student and usually got A's. I did not like school, because I wasn't popular - I was a nerd.