Quotes About Empathy

I think that what we should do is have short, clipped conversations on the telephone so someone can always get us, not talking about inane stuff and having someone trying to get you. I also think we've just got to be more sensitive toward other people and not call them at night if you know they've been working.

When depicting Asian people in movies, books, and television or as historical figures, it's more important to humanize them and give them all of the dimensions of humanity, and that includes sexuality. Ascribe the human the full range of human qualities.

For so many people, television and movies may be the only way they understand people who aren't like them.

It's my job, with the position of power that I'm in and being able to be on television, I'm supposed to stand up for the people who can't stand up for themselves.

The whole idea is to look at the television camera and present as much love as you possibly could to a person who might feel that he or she needs it.

Some people in America don't ever interact with black people outside of television, so we should give them real, believable characters.

Why do we write novels or make television about real things? It's the human condition and human suffering.

Directing the television serial, 'Thoda Sa Aasman,' was a good learning experience and I can empathize better with producers.

Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters.

I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer and the character, as differentiated from the audience and the characters in a movie or a television show.

I don't get grumpy at a 'Strictly' level, you understand. We're just making a television show - the person I'm dancing with can't dance; they're doing their best, and we're not going to win the World Championships.

Whether it's a song or a television show, or a book or poem, art is the thing that cracks me open and encourages me to go on a deeper journey to find my own compassion and empathy and humanity.

You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is to help each other and not hurt each other.

Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered.

People with HIV and AIDS are nothing to be afraid of. They are people just like every single one of us, and each has a story to tell. These people should be helped, embraced, and not dismissed. We need to open our hearts and our minds to them, and we just may learn we're pretty much all the same.

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.

Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?

It never gets easier to tell your story. Each time you speak it, you relive it.

Our best selves tell us that 'there but for the grace of God... ' and that, in the end, there is no distance, really, between us and them. It is just us. Our best and noble hope is to imitate the God we believe in. The God who has abundant room in God's grief and heart for us all.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.

You can never maintain a friendship if you don't tell the truth, even if it hurts.

I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.

The eyes are so telling. That's how you engage with people and bond with them. I love direct, strong eye contact.