“I'm not a - I'm beautiful, but I'm not working because I'm drop-dead gorgeous with a fantastic body. I think I continue to work because I'm good at my craft. I'm dedicated to bringing to life what the author is trying to portray. I try to make the producers cry and the crew laugh.” ThinkingTryingBodyBeautifulLaughingCryProducersCraftsFantasticDedicatedCrewGorgeousDrop Dead Gorgeous Author:Adina Porter
“I think that the next album is specifically for sure from Cry Baby's perspective, but it's not necessarily about her family-life or her love-life, or anything like that, it's more about this place in this town. The place has different characters in there, so in every song there's gonna be different characters that appear.” ThinkingDifferentCharacterSongNextCryPerspectiveBabyTownsAlbumsLove LifeFamily LifeDifferent CharactersCry Baby Author:Melanie Martinez
“I tell you a joke to have you listen to me, and then maybe I will tell you another joke that we can laugh together and feel equal. And then I will tell you a story hopefully that will make you cry. So I think that's the way that I approach the columns, as a surviving tool in a way.” ThinkingWayFeelsStoriesTogetherLaughingCryEqualApproachJokesToolsHopefullySurvivingColumnsListen To MeMake You Cry Author:Sayed Kashua
“I usually don't think of anyone ever suspecting that I might be someone who'd cry at stuff. I cry at movies all the time. And sometimes it really pisses me off because I hate it when they're just jerking my chain and it's just like completely manipulative.” ThinkingSometimesMightHateStuffCryI HateChainsManipulative Author:Richard Hell
“I'd rather people interpret the songs and get whatever they can out of them instead of thinking about me crying in a room with a guitar.” PeopleThinkingSongRoomsCryGuitar Author:Angel Olsen
“There wasn't space to mood-up. I think Rose Byrne was just extraordinary. Talk about a character that could be really unsympathetic at times. She just jumped in these scenes that go from anger to hysteria to crying to laughing and back to anger. I just marveled.” ThinkingCharacterSpaceLaughingCrySceneRoseExtraordinaryMoodHysteriaUnsympathetic Author:Susan Sarandon
“It's just weird because like when I was writing Cry Baby I like...the only thing that I was thinking about, when writing it, was the concepts and the visuals, and the way that it sounded kind of happened naturally.” ThinkingWayWritingKindHappenedCryBabyConceptsVisualsCry Baby Author:Melanie Martinez
“The whole entire album is about Cry Baby, you know, being super insecure and kind of like going through her emotions until she finally realizes that she's comfortable with how crazy and insane she is and I think that I've made the exact same kind of progression , and the growth...and I don't know, like I feel like I've definitely grown into who I am and, like, I think Cry Baby is just me.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsKindMadeWholeGrowthRealizingEmotionCrazyCryBabyComfortableAlbumsWho I AmInsaneInsecureProgressionCry Baby Author:Melanie Martinez
“Cry Baby is a character so I think that the next album is going to be about a specific thing in her life or another place in her world. It's going to be a bit deeper into a bigger picture.” ThinkingWorldCharacterNextBitsCryBabyBiggerAlbumsDeeperBigger PictureCry Baby Author:Melanie Martinez
“Cry Baby is about Cry Baby and the next album [which I think I have a title for but I don't wanna say anything yet because I don't know and it's too early] is a place in the weird town that I'm trying to create and its Cry Baby's perspective throughout this album. You're not learning about her, you're learning about the place that she's in and her perspective. Down the line for sure I will think of other characters in this world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldTryingCharacterNextLinesCryThis WorldPerspectiveBabyTownsAlbumsTitlesSay AnythingCry Baby Author:Melanie Martinez
“I think the show has so many wonderful memories connected to it for lots of people. When fans come to see me at the Andy Griffith Museum they get so emotional. Some of them cry, lots of them hug me and some want a kiss on the cheek.” PeopleThinkingWantShowsMemoriesWonderfulFansCryEmotionalKissingConnectedMuseumsCheeksHugHug MeWonderful Memories Author:Betty Lynn
“One day you'll love me, the way I love you. One day you'll think of me the way I think of you. One day you'll cry for me, the way I cry for you. One day you'll want me, but I won't want you.” ThinkingWayWantLoveLove YouCryOne DayRomanticWant MeRomantic LoveThink Of YouThink Of MeI Think Of YouWay I Love You Author:Noelle Scaggs
“I really like older British guys - I don't think any of them would ever have a problem with crying in front of a woman or saying "I love you" or "You hurt me" or emotional stuff like that.” ThinkingProblemGuyStuffHurtLove YouFrontsCryEmotionalBritishHurt MeSay I Love YouYou Hurt Me Author:Jessica Alba
“I don't think I could ever stop doing serious movies and just do comedies, or vice versa, but there is something cool about going to work everyday and you're just trying to make your friends laugh. That's nice work if you can get it, you know what I mean? It's different than going to work and knowing that I've gotta slap someone in the face today, and then I've gotta cry, and someone's gonna die, I've gotta get myself to that place.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingMeanDifferentTodayFacesDiesLaughingKnowingComedyNiceCrySeriousEverydayVicesGoing To WorkVice VersaSlapNice Work Author:John C. Reilly
“I kind of think that he [Prince] was pleased because he allowed [When Doves Cry] to be done.” ThinkingKindDoneCryDove Author:Quindon Tarver
“The Fed wants to raise rates because they've been yelling and screaming about it. They've been crying wolf for so long that their credibility is shot, and I think they feel they need to.” ThinkingWantNeedsFeelsLongCryShotsRaisesRateFedsCredibilityYellingYelling And ScreamingCrying Wolf Author:Gary Shilling
“Usually the beginning of a story that people hear a lot. For example, "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut" or "My dad keeps losing his car keys." And then I just think of different ways the story could end. "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut. I don't understand why she's crying. I'm the one who has to get a new girlfriend." Then I try it out on stage. I don't do a lot of re-writing. My jokes either work or they don't. The trick is just to write a ton of jokes.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingDifferentEndsStoriesStageCarCryExampleKeysDadLosingJokesMy DadTricksUpsetDifferent WaysGirlfriendMy GirlfriendHaircutsCar KeysNew GirlfriendNew Haircut Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“When I wake up in the middle of the night when I hear one of my kids coughing or crying, I think about Syria.” ThinkingKidsNightMiddleCryWake UpSyriaMiddle Of The NightCoughing Author:Samantha Power
“My Big Mama is my No. 1 financial role model. Much of my advice stems from what she taught me. She never made more than $13,000 a year, yet she paid off her home before she retired. She saved money from every paycheck. She taught me to be skeptical. It makes me cry to think that I'm a nationally syndicated personal finance columnist for one of the world's best newspapers and my core advice comes from my black grandmother who was a nurse's aide with just a high school education.” ThinkingWorldYearsMadeHomeBigsSchoolBlackRolesAdviceCryTaughtModelsHigh SchoolPaidFinancialSavedCoreNewspapersFinanceGrandmotherRole ModelsNurseStemRetiredSkepticalMamaPaychecksColumnistsSchool EducationPersonal FinancePaid OffBig Mama Author:Michelle Singletary
“Love is the most powerful thing of all and I remember thinking that - God, I'm about to make myself cry but, I remember thinking that when 9/11 happened because those last phone calls were about - the last thing knowingly, that I'm going to say on this earth is "I love you". What's more powerful than that? What's more proof than that? Beyond fear, beyond death.” ThinkingEarthLastsRememberLove IsPowerfulHappenedLove YouCryPhonesProofMost PowerfulPhone Calls Author:J. K. Rowling
“I think you put art out into the world, and sometimes it's divisive, sometimes it's embraced. Sometimes people cry, laugh or have complicated reactions.” PeopleThinkingWorldArtSometimesLaughingCryComplicatedReactions Author:Nicole Kidman
“It's only happened to me once [crying in the end of the film] - the end of Forrest Gump. I think it's sad because the moral of the film is that you can have no brain whatsoever and still make it in this world. That made me terribly depressed.” ThinkingWorldMadeStillsEndsFilmBrainMoralHappenedCryThis WorldForrest Gump Author:Aron Flam
“Can one say that there is a way of crying out, of speaking, which is properly feminine? Personally, I don't think so. In the end, I find this is another way of putting women in a kind of singularity, a ghetto, which is not what I want. I want them to be singular and universal at the same time.” ThinkingWayWantKindEndsCryUniversalFeminineAnother WayGhettoSingularity Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have, but I must say I cannot sympathise with these cries from the heart that are informed by nothing except a needle or a knife, or whatever it is.” ThinkingHeartCryEmotionalKnivesNeedlesSensuous Author:Sylvia Plath
“Now if I cry on screen I think it's mint. Because I think that's how that person would feel at that time. And if it doesn't, then it just doesn't happen.” IfsThinkingFeelsPersonsHappensCryScreensMint Author:Michael B. Jordan
“A man I know who writes and aspires to be a novelist does very little reading, and he's not that successful. But I think it's because he's like the kid who wants to be a ballplayer and never goes to the ballpark or tries to hit a ball. So I'd say reading is the most important thing that I do, besides the actual writing. I'm always asking as I read, "How did the writer do this? Why do I suddenly have tears in my eyes? Why am I crying?"” ThinkingKnowsMenWantWritingTryingLittlesDoeImportantEyeKidsReadingSuccessfulCryTearsBallsAskingImportant ThingsNovelistsAspireBallparksTears In My Eyes Author:Robert Cormier
“If I think back to every rehearsal process for every play I've ever worked on, there's just so much crying at home. I barely sleep. There are moments of deep despair and anxiety, and then there are moments in rehearsal that are the most exhilarating; feeling seen and seeing everybody. Feeling like you have a purpose on the planet. A huge part of the process I enjoy is watching the actors figuring out what they can handle and what they can take and what they need from the director and me.” IfsThinkingNeedsPlayMomentsFeelingsHomePurposeActorsProcessEnjoySleepSeeingCryPlanetsHugeLike YouDirectorsDespairAnxietyHandleRehearsalExhilaratingExhilarating Feeling Author:Annie Baker
“There have been times I wanted to cry on interview, but it hasn't been because that's what they're trying to conjure. No. I think you have to graduate to some higher level of TV IQ for people to actually want to see you cry.” PeopleThinkingTryingCryGraduates Author:John Flansburgh
“I can only do it if there's humour, wit, comedy and drama. If you can get audiences laughing and then suddenly turn them to tears... it's a weird way of making a living making people cry, but I think it's very exciting to be able to send audiences on a rollercoaster ride.” PeopleThinkingAudienceLaughingComedyCryTearsHumourDramaExcitingWitRollercoaster Author:Nigel Cole
“LATE will always be the most important song to me. I used to struggle to perform it live without getting upset but have performed it a lot now, which has really helped. Very often it makes people in the audience cry, and that means so much to me that they can relate to the emotions in the song. It was actually a really easy song to write, I wrote most of it in one day... it sort of flowed out of me. I was never good with dealing with emotion, so I think I kind of needed to write it!” PeopleThinkingWritingKindMeanImportantSongEasyEmotionAudienceStruggleCryOne DayUpset Author:Roxanne Emery
“If it bothers me on the page, I don't do it. If it attracts me on the page and moves me, makes me think a bit, makes me laugh, makes me cry, I'm interested in it. If it's there on the page, it means it's there and up to me to bring it out. I have done some films along the way that have been screwed up and not as good as they read. Some films that are not that good on the page turn into good movies. So I'm fallible is what I'm saying.” ThinkingMeanDoneFilmMovingLaughingCryBotherGood MovieMake Me Laugh Author:Martin Landau
“I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things. You're supposed to laugh, you're supposed to cry, you're not supposed to shove your feelings under the rug.” ThinkingKindFeelingsLaughingCryAll KindsComedianSo Sad Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“Being sociopath is not what most people would consider to be winning. Most of us have some kind of positive goal in mind when we think of winning. A sociopath thinks in terms of successfully manipulating someone into doing something that he or she would not have done otherwise. That can be a small thing or a tremendous thing, but the point for the sociopath is to win, to make sure that this person does what they're trying to coerce him or her into doing. It can be as disgusting and as simple as making a child cry. Or it can be as complex as making your wife feel bad about herself.” PeopleThinkingTryingMindKindChildrenDoneWinningGoalTermSimpleWifeCryDisgustingSmall ThingsSociopath Author:Martha Stout
“I like doing horror films. I think it's helped me as an actress because you have to run and scream and cry for so long and do ridiculous things in front of strangers, you sort of break down any barriers, you can't be embarrassed.” ThinkingLongRunningFilmBreakCryHorrorStrangerRidiculousBarriersScreamEmbarrassedBreaking DownHorror Film Author:Alexandra Daddario
“Of course, having a lack of emotions saves you from doing a big crying scene in the movie or something. I would try to remove myself from any situation before a scene or something like that, and just sit and think about absolutely nothing.” ThinkingTryingEmotionSituationCryScene Author:Rich Franklin
“I think that I originally became an actor because I was super, super dramatic. Over the top, all the time. I was the kid that would bump my knee and scream and cry as if I'd been shot in the face. So just automatically, the only outlet for my drama was acting and I loved theater.” ThinkingKidsActingCryDramaDramaticScream Author:Alanna Masterson
“I loved the work. I missed it for years after I was arrested. I couldn't drive past 100 Centre New York City Criminal Court, that whole area, without crying, seeing people going to court and knowing I couldn't do that anymore. I still do miss it. I don't think I could ever go back. Maybe I could consider second-seating my son or someone else whose work I respect. But I could not take on any responsibility. I'm out of step; I haven't kept up.” PeopleThinkingPastResponsibilityMissingCrySonMy Son Author:Lynne Stewart
“I see movies all the time that manipulate you by playing a high note on the piano or some string instrument, and suddenly you're crying. I'm sick of being told what to think.” ThinkingCrySickManipulate Author:Josh Hartnett
“A belief in God may not be fully within me anymore, but there's still a belief in belief. The high drama and power of the Church has stayed with me. As a child in church, I saw grown men at the altar crying out for God's mercy. And the idea of someone doing that has become a joke in the popular culture, but when you are there and you see it, you experience - for a moment - an incredibly raw, honest, strange insight into what it means to be a human being. Those experiences don't leave you. Whatever you think of them, they are powerful experiences.” ThinkingMenMeanChildrenMomentsCultureBeliefChurchPowerfulHonestCryStrangeDramaJokesMercyInsightPopular CultureBelief In God Author:Ayana Mathis
“There were a million different things I could have chosen or wanted to do, but the path of an artist was the one that pulled me the most. I did local theater and plays in school. I think there was a sense of entertaining - being on the stage, making people laugh, making people cry - that I was drawn to. It was also one of those things like, "I can do this for a very long time."” PeopleThinkingLongDifferentSchoolArtistLaughingPathCryChosenMaking People Laugh Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“The only ones that stand out to me are people like Jonathan Richman or Robyn Hitchcock, who can make you totally cry while their music is so funny and they're hilarious. They know they're great but they also don't think they're better than you and they really invite you into their show.” PeopleThinkingCryMusic IsStanding Out Author:Neko Case
“I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards "How did they do that?"” ThinkingRealActorsEmotionCryMovieReal LoveTappingMovie LoveReal Emotion Author:John Lasseter
“I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.” ThinkingTryingRememberCryMomDramaPoliceMy MomQueensKitchenTheatrical Author:Amy Lee
“Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.” PeopleThinkingDifficultLaughingComedyCryEasierTrainingTragedy Author:Vivien Leigh
“Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.” ThinkingMadeHomeDifferencesTeacherStupidCryStudentsFaultsScaryMathFriendlyComing HomeFrustratedI Was StupidNew Teachers Author:Danica McKellar
“I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally.” IfsThinkingLossDealsCryPossibilityOffice Author:Nancy Pelosi
“It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.” ThinkingAudienceCryMemorable Author:Ingrid Bergman
“I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.” PeopleThinkingChildrenSeemsReadingCryMidnight Author:Salman Rushdie
“I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.” ThinkingShouldHomeAgeCryHorrorAgingFiftyStay StrongStay PositiveFunny Aging Author:Josh Billings
“I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more.” PeopleThinkingI CanHardCareKidsCryEmotionalHappeningsDon't CareI Don't CareTragicBad Things Author:Mike Tyson