Chris Gethard Quotes

It's not easy to sit down and open yourself up and say, 'This is how much I love you,' you know? It's scary to do that.

It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way.

Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his heart rampant on his sleeve.

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.

It's very easy for me to play silly, but to reveal something closer to you, that's so much harder.

I've been accused of my publicist of being too confessional... it's probably my Celtic upbringing.

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.'

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

To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that.

If I ask my actors to bare themselves, to reveal themselves as almost naked, I have to bare myself, expose myself as well. That's what creates excitement.

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'

It earns you a lot of snark if you're able to convey vulnerability.

I tend to find you have to be fairly vulnerable to get something... to get a perspective worth having. Which can be controversial. But I find telling someone what you're thinking about, what you want, and what you're afraid of can often help them give guidance.

I don't have a problem showing vulnerability.

The most confronting thing you can do is talk about your feelings and open yourself up.

I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life.

Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing.

Being vulnerable was difficult for me at first because I've said things in my songs about how I felt that I never told anybody.

Coming off 'Reflection,' what we really wanted to do was be more vulnerable.

I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.

I think it's sort of rare in TV shows or movies to see people being vulnerable. That's sort of scary to an audience.

For a marriage relationship to flourish, there must be intimacy. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say to your spouse, 'This is me. I'm not proud of it - in fact, I'm a little embarrassed by it - but this is who I am.

Once you've opened yourself up, it's best to go all the way.

You can't find intimacy - you can't find home - when you're always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and misunderstood.

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