Quotes About Empathy

I felt great empathy for the thousands of Americans who lost their home because of a system that failed them.

One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters.

But how can one criticise someone else's mother? One shouldn't, really... particularly as my first marriage failed.

You never know what they're going through. Maybe they failed a test. Maybe they're going through a state of depression. Kids go through so much.

I think as an actor, you're constantly putting yourself out there, and a lot of times failing - and failing in front of a bunch of people - and sometimes you have a good moment and something clicks.

But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them.

The day the audience feel they are watching Parvathy instead of the character, that would be me failing as an actor.

You need people to encourage you along the way, both during your success and failures, because there will be both.

I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'

I tend to end relationships, so she can find somebody better than me. Because I want to be fair to people. I cannot devote enough energy and time and devotion to her. I think that is fair, no?

I think I'm a guy that can relate to everyone and is fairly close with everyone on the team and can try to help bring guys together. That's what I tried to focus on when I was in Erie and I felt everyone was a part of the team. I definitely try to lead that way; I'm not the big rah-rah guy.

You can't fake listening. It shows.

It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.

I'm not asking actors to act. I'm asking them to behave. I want to see their being, not how they can fake it.

It's very hard to fake. When you see Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig in 'Bridesmaids,' you can tell they really love each other.

I've learned not to be such a show-off and to have a bit more empathy with humanity. Or at least to fake that.

I think it's impossible to be up close with people and to ask them to let you in if you're fake.

'Faking It' was hard for me to let go of because I knew how many kids it helped.

When people say there are people who are faking it, if I had a choice I wouldn't want to have a disability.

To be fair, I don't get mad when people laugh at me when I fall down.

When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.

You always hope that people will fall in love with the characters you play, the way you do yourself.

I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

You need to be able to communicate what you feel - good or bad. But when I feel things are falling on deaf ears, I take a step back.