Quotes About Empathy

Every character brings new light to a different part of myself, which is something I love about every role I get to play.

If the Gurkhas can't live in Britain, then I don't want to, either.

It took a while to get the support of British people as they wouldn't naturally want to support someone from another country.

That's life, bro. Everybody is not going to like you.

My parents taught me broad Christian values. To be kind to one another, to be honest, not to just think about yourself.

No show would be successful if you took a group of people and just said, 'You're dumb!' over and over. That's not what Broadway's about.

When my last relationship broke up, I bought a house one door along from my ex so that our daughter could continue to see as much of both of us as possible. This seems to me eminently sane and civilised.

The comedy on '2 Broke Girls' always comes from a place of love - it's never mean. We're a comedy, and we often go right to the edge. It doesn't bother me. I've encountered this all my life. I've been made fun of all my life.

I know what feeling broke feels like real well. I know that real well.

Trayvon Martin broke my heart.

I know what it feels like to be broke and alone, and I don't ever want my loved ones to see that or know what it's like.

I broke everything inside the house - boom! - but my mother was always very nice. She'd say, 'OK, OK, have another ball.'

My son broke his arm. I couldn't do anything, couldn't be there. That's when I knew I was a bad parent. I was doing the same thing my dad had done to me.

My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's.

I did not realize how broken I was until I saw how broken Mama was.

Growing up, I'd watch 'The Cosby Show' and 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air;' I'd look at the little brown girls and be inspired by them.

I don't think I'd have been as good as Bruce was. He was a better JFK than I would have been.

The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don't always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn't have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I'm interested in the exceptions.

Children are brutal and have no malice, which makes everything they say horribly cutting.

No one's pro-police brutality.

Never mind a world that can't see past brutality.

I think it's important to be kind of brutally honest without making anyone else feel bad in any way, if possible.

Anita Bryant had the effect of galvanizing the whole gay movement. She was somebody whom everybody could hate. She was easy to hate.

I couldn't continue to live in a bubble and hope to be an empathic actor. It doesn't work.