It's uncomfortable to just say the first thing that pops into your head, but you have to when you're speaking in front of people. A lot of times I'll say something I don't even believe. I've never actually used "pass" before.
I have very, very few friends. I live in a very tight circle and emotionally I'm probably not as generous as I once was. In an average week I probably meet 150 new people and that's uncomfortable sometimes.
People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we've not engaged in.
Uncomfortable doesn't mean bad, uncomfortable simply means you're doing something you haven't done before.
I cannot fear to be wrong because I never think I'm wrong until I am proven wrong. In fact, I am uncomfortable unless I am capitalizing my experience.
I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.
Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.
Underwear makes me uncomfortable and besides my parts have to breathe.
Being famous is uncomfortable because I grew up very simply. Everything revolved around friends, family, church and sports.
Really, Sophronia, it makes me most uncomfortable how you manage to sort everything out every time I faint.
I like to make people a little uncomfortable. It encourages them to examine who they are and why they think the way they do.
If you ask people (as I often do) how they make decisions, 'lucky' people will talk about tuning in to information and instincts, while 'unlucky' people often mention pushing away the uncomfortable feeling they were headed for trouble.
Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one?
I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that.
We don't have props or jewelery. You always want something tangible to play with, and we have nothing. I find myself playing with my hands off camera, just because I'm getting a little uncomfortable with the space.
If you bring that scrappy fierceness with you it works until you get big, when really pushing all the way really feels uncomfortable. . . When you're the little guy that's lauded, that's heroic.
I got knockback after knockback at auditions. Just before ‘Mulholland Dr. ’ my agent told me I was so intense I was freaking people out. She told me I was a brilliant actor but the feedback was that I made people feel uncomfortable because I was so nervous and intense. I just sat there and blubbed. My mum was staying in LA at the time and I went to her and said: ‘I just can’t do this. I’m not cut out for it. ’ She just said: ‘Don’t believe a word people say about you. Forget them. ’
It's a little weird exchanging pictures for money. You know what I mean. It makes me a little uncomfortable.
People are drawn to watching things that are dramatic. And the tighter a relationship is, the more dramatic it can be. That's something family lends itself to. Everybody has family, somewhere, somehow. Those relationships are always very complex. This takes it to almost Greek-tragedy-level heights. That's fun to watch, although it's very uncomfortable. It explores the darkest sense of family.
The sweet spot: that productive, uncomfortable terrain located just beyond our current abilities, where our reach exceeds our grasp. Deep practice is not simply about struggling; it's about seeking a particular struggle, which involves a cycle of distinct actions.