I think probably I'm quite sentimental; I like big emotional stories, I like being moved by things, but I think I'm very embarrassed by sentiment. I'm very embarrassed by corniness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I distinguish sentiment from sentimentality. Sentimentality makes your skin crawl. It's like too much sugar. But, sentiment is a great feeling.
I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.
I'm not a sad person, upset the whole time, but I seem to be quite emotional.
I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be.
I mean, I think I'm pretty sentimental.
I'm not a fan of gushing emotions. I think that probably shows in all of the characters I play. I try to reinterpret the characters in my style.
I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.
I love people who aren't embarrassed. I'm always embarrassed, so it's always astonishing to me when people aren't like that.
I always say that I don't want to be sentimental, that the photographs shouldn't be sentimental, and yet, I am conscious of my sentimentality.
Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.
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