Quotes About Connection

I think I'm always trying to see the other's point of view, dealing in a very heart-to-heart way.

I've grown up in the film industry and I've been watching them, analyzing them, laughing at them, totally understanding them and getting their point of view, and, at times, taking up for them. So I'm part of it and it's part of me.

My interviews are very pointed. I'm an active participant; I will kindly interrupt people. But I've learned there is nothing people won't tell you if you ask in a compassionate and legitimately interested way.

Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they're listening. That informs a lot.

What I have found that my comedy is doing - and what really drives me - is to sort of bring women together through pointing out why we act so crazy.

We're fond of pointing out that we've known each other for over 25 years now and not once sat down alone to have dinner together. We pretty much avoid spending whatever time together that we can.

Every day, I get up, and I fill the bird feeders and put out fruit and other food for both the birds and any passing mammals. Is that pointless long-term? I have no idea. All I know is that on this day, in this moment, it makes a difference.

My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points.

I don't know if we're doing the optimal things that we can to try and connect different people on the planet with different points of view and not be so angry at each other.

'21 Grams' is only one story told by three different points of view, but they are really physically connected - literally, with the heart.

I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points.

I want people to hear what I have to say, and I want to be able to get a lot of points across.

You always take a little bit back with you at the end of the day. I always put a little bit of myself into the characters, too. You find parallels, points of connection, things like that. But I'm not an actor who gets so incredibly haunted by my characters that I can't come back.

Growing up in the U.S., music became a way for me to find my roots and anchor points.

I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in 'Modern Family' is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of that.

I always have this sense of food as triangular, in that one point is nourishment, one point is connection, and one point is pleasure, and I always come at it from the pleasure and connection points, and the nourishment follows.

My first sales assessment, they tell you your strong points, and they told me I was the emotional salesman, the one who could really connect with people by making them feel comfortable. Once someone told me that, I couldn't get past how manipulative it made me feel.

The love of my life found me! That's how he would say it, anyway, since he claims he was attracted to my energy before I even turned around.

I love my 'Boom Clap.' Charli XCX is a big one for me.

The clarinet chose me more than I chose the clarinet.

The clarinet has always been my baby. I just didn't know that for a while.

I have found clarity in my head and heart from being a mum.

I don't think we ever clash but we do become frosty.

It is great for your work to get through to both the masses and classes.