Chris Sullivan Quotes

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

Be willing to share all of who you are. So many of us want a partner, but we're not willing to show all of us.

I tried to live my life really openly and transparently right from the get-go. I think that probably resonated with people.

I feel like the more real we are, the more people will respect that.

You can't be afraid to be honest and to be yourself. We all have imperfections and fall short at some point. Showing your human side creates a sensitivity, openness and trust. That's the beginning of the demise in a relationship - not being honest and not being you.

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

I want to be a man who is truthful and who won't let pride get in the way of my ripping myself open to my partner and saying, 'Here I am. This is me.' I feel there's something powerful when a man reaches a point in his life when he can be completely vulnerable.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.

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

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

I think it's impossible to be up close with people and to ask them to let you in if you're fake.

I think when I show my vulnerability, people relate with that because they know deep down inside that they have vulnerable moments, and they can really connect and identify with me on those things.

With my fan base, I'm just vulnerable. I'm very transparent and vulnerable.

I realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself.

I learned that sometimes you should just tell people the ugliest things about you because those are the things that people trust the most.

I have a way of opening up people and gaining their trust. I think they can see my vulnerability because I'm unafraid to admit if something doesn't quite work.

I am not someone who will hide my relationship.

Be real and be unashamed, even of your faults. I do truly know what my husband is made of and vice versa.

You have to drop all your defenses, only then is intimacy possible. We are all hiding a thousand and on things, not only from others but from ourselves.

Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.

And I think if you're going to be with somebody, you owe it to them to show yourself.