"Why no emotion?" "Because it hurts."

This one will be short. And it's related to the last one. Because I thought that if I couldn't be touched emotionally then I wouldn't have a problem. That's why I wanted to go into the FBI. There was no emotional risk. But it feels good to feel again and I don't want the FBI anymore. I'm sorry, but I just don't. I've watched my friends who've been in theatre the entire time at high school and they aren't aloof, they don't have the hardness that I'd been developing. Losing what I've just regained terrifies me. And even though I have no idea how to tell my parents that I want to do something so reckless and unstable as acting, I know that's what I want to do. Right now, it's because I want to feel.

"…There are a lot of people in this world who are afraid of caring, or afraid of showing that they care because it’s uncool, it’s uncool to have passion. It’s so much easier to lose when you've shown everyone you don’t care if you win or lose. It’s much harder to lose when you show that you care; but you’ll never win unless you also stand to lose. And basically, I've said it before - don’t be afraid of your passion; like, just give it free reign, and be honest, and work hard, and it’ll all turn out just fine."

                              ~Tom Hiddleston