Quotes About Sensitivity

I'm allergic to Hawaii. Everything there makes me react in some way.

It's difficult to explain exactly how I react to music, but if it makes me feel anything at all, then I'll have some kind of emotional relationship to it. That's what defines good music to me - if it makes me truly feel something.

Being an actor doesn't mean that I can't react to what's happening around me.

In minority communities there's a sensitivity, often a knee-jerk reaction, to critical representations. There's a misunderstanding of what an artist does.

I'm very careful not to tell a joke just to get a reaction.

I have terrible chemical allergies, and I'm constantly battling unsightly reactions.

I'm really easily affected by horror films. I have pretty strong reactions to them.

People know accuracy when they read it; they can feel it.

Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense.

I think sometimes people say a comment and don't realise they're body shaming. I don't think people are body-shamers, maybe just body-judgers. People will say throw-away comments.

I realised that being sensitive means you can connect to all kinds of people. I think I've learned that it is a gift as well.

There is a saying in Arabic meaning that every situation must be considered based on the realities on the ground. I can talk in some places freely, but not in others.

I can't, for example, Google myself, because I am very sensitive.

You wish that everyone knew what cisgender meant. Everyone has access to Google. You can find out what's appropriate to ask a trans person.

I actually remember being in 3rd grade and piecing together in my head that one of my guy friends was homosexual.

Let's just not sort of rub grandeur in people's faces.

I can't sit on grass without a blanket.

Things are more complex today, and I think humor has changed a a great deal. People are more sensitive today.

I tend not to make fun of religious groups anywhere I play.

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

You can't desecrate Guru Granth Sahib, Gita or Quran.

I was really squeamish growing up - not too fond of blood and guts.

I can't even kill a lobster without saying a Hail Mary for it.

I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize.