I know some people are really comfortable with talking about their feelings and hopes and fears in public, but I'm not, and I don't think it's that extraordinary.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I speak my mind. I'm not really afraid of things. I actually don't think that's that unusual.
I feel like fear is a very real thing, a very ubiquitous thing, and it can be very subtle.
It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.
I don't feel comfortable talking about my private life, and some people in my private life don't feel comfortable about me talking about it. So I don't.
In later life, we don't easily talk of fears, but instead we discuss our 'concerns.' Fear seems too primal and hysterical, but concern is polite and intellectual and nicely under control.
I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.
There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.
I like to think if something scares me, then there's a very good chance an audience will feel the same way. The key is creating scenarios that people can relate to.
I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I want everyone to feel more free, and so I feel really claustrophobic on behalf of lots of people.
People are so afraid to talk about real things, but they're experiences that everyone goes through.