Quotes About Understanding

Many parents know that hugging your children - telling them how amazing they are - is so important. Some parents, through no fault of their own, don't realise this. My mum was one of those who didn't realise, and I almost was too.

Meeting people from different countries makes you realise that everyone around the world has the same needs and aspirations.

When I was playing in England, I started to realise what Arsenal meant.

Depression is a very serious thing. People don't realise how deadly it can be.

I sort of thought acting was just about arranging your face into emotions. I didn't realise it was about actually allowing yourself to feel the feelings, then letting your face follow. That was a big learning curve.

It's shocking when you start to grow up and realise that your parents had a life before you! But why would you? Sometimes you don't really have a need to.

It's just this feeling of when you're a kid, you have these ideas about the world and about people in your life that don't always hold up as you get older and start to realise that things are more complex than you might've realised. That's always a big part of a coming-of-age story.

The first time I met Janhvi on the sets, I took her to watch 'La La Land,' because she hadn't seen it. Soon, we started bonding over cinema - both of us are film buffs - and we realised we share a natural equation.

My parents always used to ask me to settle down, and I could never understand that term. However, after marriage, I have finally realised the importance of having a companion.

When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised that was not exactly true. I want other kids to read and write more all over the world, because it helps them to understand things better.

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.

We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - actually things which influence the genome's function - are much more important than we realised.

When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.

When you have a child, you think about your personal history and what you offer them as a larger narrative, and I realised I knew nothing about my father's circumstances other than what he'd told me.

Once I started to grow up, I realised that my parents are normal people and they can make mistakes.

There are things about my mum that I only realised later, things that make me admire her.

I thought my father had forgotten about me. But I realised that he missed me as much as I missed him.

I eventually realised you don't have to understand every single word, and that reading in your head doesn't have to be perfect. Once I took that pressure off, it gave me confidence.

It's not me being rude or disrespectful but as I've got older I've realised I can question people or ask why. Maybe in the past I've been scared to ask them or scared of the reaction of what I would get back.

I have realised that when you start thinking like the person you are playing, it gets easy to emote.

I keep telling my mother that after marriage, I appreciate her so much more. I have realised the effort that it takes to run a home.

Belgian shepherds are hard work, but I realised that they were still easier than most grown men.

I spent my entire childhood going 'look at me, look at me, look at me,' before realising I needed someone to look at me for more than just what I was showing off for.

I only understand realism.