Quotes About Relatability

I just didn't really relate to Kurt Cobain. There was nothing very glamorous about him.

I want girls to be able to relate to me, and I think that's why a lot of commercial clients like me: because I'm just like everyone else.

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

To write convincingly, I think you must be able to relate, in some way, to what a character is experiencing.

Hopefully when you listen to a song, you can say, 'That's me,' or 'That's someone I know' - you relate to it in a way that's cathartic.

I pretty much made a conscious decision to make projects a lot of people can relate to.

The songs are just an attempt to document what's been happening in my life. If people can relate to what's going on with me, then that's great.

I like to tell stories and relate to people and get everybody having a good time. I don't ever want to be in a situation people feel the need to tell me their opinion. So I stay away from any kind of material that would cause somebody in the audience to shout me their opinion.

I do think there are more people who would probably related to my movies and who aren't aware of them.

My writing was very much like my diary, and I just put it out there to put it out there because I didn't really know what I was doing. The fact that people related to the songs made me feel less alone in a lot of situations.

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

I can find some part of me that relates to even the most evil characters. At least in my imagination.

If you find a story that everybody likes and everybody relates to in some way, then you know you have a good story. But if you're telling a story and all the women are going, 'I'm checked out of this, I just don't really care,' then you're going to have some problems.

I always make sure there's something for the audience to connect to, in terms of my movements relating to the sounds being heard.

For most part of my stint as KKR leader, I have always been one of the boys: easy-going, relaxed, and a bit of a prankster.

Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.

I think my job is hopefully to connect with people emotionally and to feel less alone or understand things in a certain way.

I don't want to feel like I'm a television host - because I don't think that I am. What I really want to feel like is, I am you; I just happen to be here.

I think Americans are looking for like a human element in their politicians. And they all understand, look, they've got kids who do bad things, too.

Diary Amy. She was meant to be likable. Meant for someone like you to like her. She's easy to like. I've never understood why that's considered a compliment—that just anyone could like you. No matter.

There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.

When I was growing up, I wanted to dress like a lot of my idols, but I simply couldn't afford it, or my mother would say, 'Too much make-up' or 'It's too old for you.' So all I've ever worried about is that my fans could relate to me, and as a teenager with the same tastes and interests.

You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.

When you see a Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty or Jackson Browne show, the impression you get is that you'd love to have a beer with them. That's the image they project.