Liev Schreiber Quotes

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

If you're not the guy who is going to puff your chest out like a rooster and go fight somebody, our society discards you.

Violence has always been unfortunately embedded in masculinity, this alpha thing.

Brittle masculinity, in the right setting, becomes political atrocity. Strength brings problems; weakness brings others, but weakness posing as strength is the most dangerous of all.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

Men were only made into 'men' with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally 'a man' any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

I'm not macho, I'm not a Mel Gibson sort of person.

So the kind of boy I was, or that I was told to be, you were kind of this like half-gladiator, half-dude who, you know, was supposed to have as many girls as possible and work until your heart exploded, have no fear, you know.

Some men are so macho they'll get you pregnant just to kill a rabbit.

When you're a man you try and be macho.

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.

When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads.

Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.

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?

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.

Among the emasculation men fear most is subordination to women.

I never think past any man, because every guy has two hands and every dude wants to hurt you.

One of the things I've been interested in my whole career is exploring masculinity and what it means to be a man. The sensitivity of a man, but also the violence and power that goes along with it.

I think we still live in this era of hyper-masculinity.

There's so much toxic masculinity out there. I grew up with the notion that the more masculine you are and the less you show emotion, the more of a man you are.

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity. In male culture, police are heroic and so are outlaws; males who enforce standards are heroic and so are those who violate them.

The whole world is men's bloody fantasies.

I think a man is a man, and a man has a hairy chest, so let that be!