Quotes About Relatability

I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley.

For me, the key is always trying to find the connection between the audience and the character I'm playing. That's important to me, in any work I do.

I believe most Americans want their next President to remind them of the guy they work with, not the guy who laid them off.

I want my work to be accessible to people.

At the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work.

If I'm writing strictly for others, how does that show what I'm experiencing or thinking? I just got to a point where I realized I could be as personal as I wanted to be and people could relate to those situations if they so choose.

Hopefully, somebody who's hearing my music, it's relatable to them, and it strikes a cord with them.

Generally, I liked feeling able to connect with millions of women on a very deep level. It felt special that women especially would cut out my strip and place it on a refrigerator.

I just have that cop gene going on. I like strong women. I think a lot of women relate to strong characters, and a cop is still a strong character.

I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I know who I am. I'm not the most popular person, and I'm kind of dorky, and I'm someone you can see at your school or as your neighbor, and I think people like that.

If people don't connect to Eric Carter's struggles, I'm sure they'll find a character in this series to connect to. That's ultimately what it's about for me.

Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.

Well, honestly I feel like an ordinary woman.

I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.'

The whole idea of 'Secret Life of Muslims' is that we're just ordinary people. We're your neighbors; we're your coworkers. We like coffee, you know? We're everyday normal people with hopes and aspirations and fears.

Hopefully when you see the movie, Maybe you don't have the Orlando in your life, but you know that guy. He goes to church. He's down the street. He's one of the boys at the schoolyard. They exist.

At school, I could talk about what other kids were talking about. Maybe I wouldn't seem so strange if I connected with them on the level they were used to.

My husband and I are loyal to our community and very approachable, even though we're kind of mainstream.

I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand.

I want to be the person whose art is accessible, who someone could look at and say "That's doesn't look so hard, I could do that."

In general, empathy is easier the more we can identify with someone. When we can genuinely envision ourselves in a situation, it's possible to intuit what that person's suffering might feel like.

Remember, a great tale isn't just about you.  Ultimately, the reader should close your book and feel that a connection has been made, to realize with wonder and delight that "This story is about me.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another What You, too Thought I was the only one.

Was she ever grumpy? Did she ever yell? Fall about laughing? Eat too much? Drink too much? Call out for someone to bring her toilet paper? Lose her car keys? Was she ever just a human being?