Controlling Emotions Quotes

I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.

If I'm on a bus and someone makes my blood boil, I'll pocket those emotions and put them in a song.

I waged war against my feelings.

Fear and the thought of failure . . . But we don't really know what fear is. Fear is something that we create in our own minds. Fear could be like fire. You can use it to heat you up, keep you warm, cook your food. There are so many things you can use it for. But if you allow it to go out of control, it will destroy you and everything around you.

When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.

Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.

But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that.

As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.

Oh yes, things get me mad. But the thing is, I get mad, and then I turn around and I forget.

One of the most difficult things I find as an actor is to laugh on cue. It is way harder than crying or other emotions. It's sometimes harder than yawning on cue.

My ability to be emotive and cry... I think I'm so fearful of tapping that that I won't know how to turn it off.

Let not your tongue cut your throat

The hardest thing about kicking a kick at the end of the game or end of the half is not letting your excitement get the best of you.

I've repeatedly tried to curb my temper.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.