Unsustainable Relationships Quotes

Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court?

If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always has to play this role of being fragile and dependent. And if you're not, they're fascinated by you, but only for a little while. And then they want to change you and crush you. And then they leave.

I'd tried enough to know that anything long term wasn't going to work.

Then, when I'm in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it's all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me.

I don't believe in 'happy ever after' at all as a concept.

People see me as a person who can make them some money, which makes it hard to make real friends. I'm asked to do a lot of stuff for free - to wear certain clothes, turn up to events - people use you to make money. I think that's why I tend to jump into relationships.

I like to save people, to take care of them... So, the pattern is that I date guys before they become big, and then they become successful and - whoops - there goes my project!

It's usually when the cameras leave that the support leaves as well.

The guys I tended to date, you know, didn't necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time.

Relationships have become like pizza and coke, which might look fancy but has nothing good to offer.

Something that's unsustainable, like a dysfunctional relationship, can go on longer than you expect, and then end faster and messier than you think.

I was married a lot, but I didn't stay married very long because I didn't seem to be able to choose somebody that was a stable man.

I always say a lot of fake friends are the ones I can't get into a fight with, because if I get into a fight with them, it's over.

Having been through breakups when you get back with the person thinking it's going to work the second time - it never does.

No one really cares about you but you. They say they do, but everyone in Hollywood is a heat-seeking missile, and it's easy to go after the cute girl or guy that's new to town.

In our culture, many of us idealize love. We see it as some lofty cure-all for all of life's problems. Our movies and our stories and our history all celebrate it as life's ultimate goal, the final solution for all of our pain and struggle. And because we idealize love, we overestimate it. As a result, our relationships pay a price.