Samantha Power Quotes

As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

The nurses' job is emotional and distressing. Their day-to-day work is dealing with people withering and falling to pieces. So black humour is essential for them cope with that. It's just a consequence of their environment.

Compassion Fatigue

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

I feel a lot. I get really bad stomachaches all the time. So I went to a doctor, and he said, 'You're a feeler.' I take on people's pain a little too much.

De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself.

I'm overwhelmed by the pain in the world; I'm affected by the news very much, and adding that to my work was becoming a little bit too much.

One thing I've very quickly learned is that if you wake up every morning worrying about what's in the press, you would go completely and utterly potty.

Some teachers feel that if they ask for emotional help, they're a failure. But teaching is a team sport.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

I love this profession, but God, it can just destroy people, and I don't want that to happen and become some monster.

I damaged my health during 'Les Mis,' which I didn't want to mention in case it seemed like I was courting sympathy.

If you do things when you're burned out, it'll make you bitter.

I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

I have done so many things and the pressure is so great. I am sure I have been a good deal dehumanized.

What do you do when your world is falling apart? How do you hold onto the real and the rational? I think that's very relatable for people.

If you're out there and things are going badly, are you going to cry or break down?

It's not healthy to obsess over every data point, every review or reader comment. I think the first few times you see someone writing about you, you have this massive emotional response to it. But after a while, it all just fades into the background noise.

Just as you're allowed to be angry about injustice, it's natural to express feelings of sadness or fear, especially if you're exhausted by the prospect of trying to keep a brave face.

There's always pressure. People's happiness depends on you; they suffer with you. You get used to it, but you have to know how to handle it.

There are a lot of challenges we are facing, like how you are supposed to react to emotional stress.

I'm much more aware of how distraught my father could be internally. That was normal to me - the obsession with work, the crazy hours - and when I watch it on screen I really see how enveloped he was by show business to the point where he didn't develop much of another life. Everything was show business to him.