As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering. Votes: 1
I know you're supposed to be thick-skinned in this business, but I'm not. I kind of like to hang on to being vulnerable. Votes: 1
I have a thick skin, which comes from being a not-really-skinny, dark-skinned Indian woman. I haven't fit in every place, and so I'm kind of used to resistance. Votes: 1
When I was in first grade, the kids called me 'fatso.' It hurt, but the way I overcame it was to outrun every kid in the class. So I developed a thick skin, and athletics became my way of performing and being accepted. Votes: 1
People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive. Votes: 1
A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there. Votes: 1
Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn't get work. He, as a boy, had to watch his father be mocked and abused on the street for being Jewish... You develop a thick skin and you develop a certain kind of wit to defend yourself. Votes: 1
Life is about Being & Becoming Votes: 4 Carl Rogers
Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge. Votes: 2 David Mellor
Now I am silent, hate Up to my neck, Thick, thick. I do not speak. Votes: 3 Sylvia Plath