Quotes About Empathy

Whenever you go through the length and breadth of our country... you see a long face: you will see the long face of an African woman because she's black, because she's poor.

Whenever someone wants to say something to a whole mass of people by breaking into song, there's probably something wrong with them.

You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.

I think art breaks down otherness.

When I look at what's happening with #MeToo, my heart breaks, basically, for everybody involved.

There's nothing like sitting down and playing music with somebody. It breaks down all the barriers in life.

It was very clear that I had breast cancer. From a man's perspective, I'm thinking, 'Why me?'

I rarely do shows just by myself, I've had vocalists or musicians so I can look at them and connect - and say 'can you breathe... do you need a water?'

We as actors ought to breathe life into a character and do it seamlessly to connect with the audiences.

When you are on the court and a guy shanks a ball off the line, and I think it's the end of the world, then I think about my brother being in a bed for three straight weeks not able to breathe on his own, and it doesn't seem as bad.

In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.

Sometimes you even start to sound like the character because you're living and breathing them every day on the set. It gets into your bones.

Anonymity breeds meanness.

It's just dumb that people think that. 'Why did you help that guy up after you tackled him?' Because I wanted to. What's the big deal? 'Butkus would have never done that.' Well, I'm not Dick Butkus. I'm Brian Urlacher, and sometimes I help people up.

I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.

Songs are here to help us: they build bridges from heart to heart.

Man, it feels great to do anything that might brighten someone else's day.

I do want to focus on shows that are lighter, brighter, more emotional: shows that give the audience a chance to connect and to feel.

I have the goal of getting together 30 or 40 poor kids and bringing them to live with me.

I have a very good talent at finding out exactly what it is about yourself that you don't like and then keep bringing it up.

It's funny, sometimes life just comes down to bringing a little bit of light to somebody when you can.

It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.

I want to be a part of bringing people together and sharing that love.

It doesn't matter where you are: theater brings people together.