Annabella Sciorra Quotes

If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is.

I've learned to take care of myself. You know, I try to stay conscious of whatever my energy is at all times, really. I mean, I come home from work, and, depending on the day or depending on what was going on, if I needed to adjust, I'd just meditate, or play guitar, or watch some 'Monty Python.'

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

I've learned to set boundaries and know when to say, 'I just need to rest.' I'm good at listening to what my body's telling me.

I gave myself permission to feel and experience all of my emotions. In order to do that, I had to stop being afraid to feel. In order to do that, I taught myself to believe that no matter what I felt or what happened when I felt it, I would be okay.

Your body is a vehicle of your emotions and a vehicle of feelings and a vehicle of whatever you need to get done in life. And you've got to take care of that vehicle.

For me it would be unhealthy to be a method actor; I'm not mentally stable enough for that - I need to separate my two worlds.

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

If some things don't make me feel good, I stop them. How simple, yet so hard to do.

When people suffer from depression or anxiety or any sort of pain/mental anguish combo, being able to take the power out of it through laughter is a pretty powerful tool.

I will continue going to the psychologist. It helps me to manage the pressure and emotions.

I only take the positives, and I don't take the negatives.

I tune it all out because if I let other people's stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.

I realized that therapy helps me explain what I'm feeling better.

When I stuff things down and avoid it or try to work too hard through something that needs to be addressed, that's when life slaps me in the face, and I get told. I got told to slow down.

If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don't learn how to control your fear.

I don't stay in the constant worried and over-thinking zone.

I do find it quite difficult to complete a job and return to normality - it does take a bit of time to find my healthy place.

That's what stress management is about, that's what psychotherapy is about, finding religion, or finding your loved one or your hobby - any of those, they give you more outlets, more of a sense of control, more of a sense of predictability, of social support. They give you the means to psychologically finesse ambiguous outside reality.

Keep the imagination sane--that is one of the truest conditions of communion with heaven.

If you're feeling really sad, there is only one reason: it's because you're deleting all the reasons you could be feeling good. And if you're feeling good, it's because you're deleting all the bad things you could be focusing on.

Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit. You’d be amazed how easily and repeatedly you can confuse the two. Get a big biscuit tin.

I try to get enough sleep and exercise, try not to make mountains out of molehills, and vent a lot. I have a good team to support my work. I also do lots of mundane things, which will center me.

Meditation practice is simply moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others.

If I'm going to merely ramble, maybe I should just snuggle under the warm covers, think of Miu, and play with myself.