Michael Douglas Quotes

I've been the type of guy, I've always been very forthcoming with how I feel. And that it doesn't make you less of a man to like go and be like, 'This is how I feel about you. This is the truth.'

You can tell I'm not too bashful about some of my feelings.

I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.

People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. When you connect with other people, you connect with something in yourself. It makes you feel happy. And yet it's so scary - it makes people feel vulnerable and unsafe.

Some people are uncomfortable saying what they feel.

The only thing I wanted to do in my music is be human and communicate all the aspects of that, which often means being vulnerable.

I like men who straightforwardly express their emotions.

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.

I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.

I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

I don't know how to talk to people I don't know.

I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear.

I think it's important to be honest with yourself about what you want and it's important to be honest with your partner about what you need.

I'm just so comfortable talking about my private life: I just think because I'm not that clever.

I think in real life most of us don't know how to communicate our deepest feelings very well.

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to know if she's tired.

I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there.

I was in control of what people thought of me, but I had no control over what they thought of my mother. When I asked my mother, 'How do I tell people about you?' her answer was, 'Tell the truth'. But of course, the truth is never simple.

What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing bore describing their emotions in real time every waking hour.

You've gotta share what's going on in your mind.