Quotes About Empathy

It's more important to be a good person than a good actor.

You can't be a good actor if you are not a good person.

I don't like people doing jokes about disabled people for no good reason, but I can still understand why they do them.

I don't think there is any set formula to have a good relationship.

If you're in a good relationship, you should be able to say to your girlfriend, 'That girl walking down the street is great.'

I don't think you can be in a good relationship unless you love yourself to the fullest and you want to help the other person become a better person.

I need a man with a good sense of humor and a kind heart.

I love songs, and I love to tell stories, and so a lot of times, if you really want a good story, you got to flip the radio dial over to country.

I completely hold on to the idea that people are eager if not desperate to be told a good story.

My sensibility is such that I automatically get drawn to films that have a good story, good characterization.

The good thing about being an actor, and the gift of being an actor, is that you are beautifully forced to see the world with different eyes.

Love is a good thing.

Everybody goes through a period where you're fighting a lot, I think. Sometimes that can be a good thing for your relationship. That conflict can lead to making up.

I'm a father; I'm a friend. I think I've got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that's not a good thing. It's a gift and a curse.

I just think that everybody likes good things. Everybody likes dogs, everybody likes to feel good and believe the best in people.

No one should have to live like that when they've done only good things for the person.

I think we're all trying our hardest, and a lot of times we do bad things and need to do more good things. We need to be more caring, more forgiving, more loving.

At my shows, I like everyone to have a good time... but, I like for us to be real because there's freedom in that.

You can have good times with anyone, but it's really different and much more interesting when you look at how you get through the bad times with someone.

The way I dealt with things in the past with my exes was by screaming and that was not a good way to deal with it.

Film is a real good way to get deep with someone.

Part of doing good work is caring deeply about it, believing in what you're doing, and getting incredibly attached to the characters that you're playing, the stories you're telling, and the people you're working with.

No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine that they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.

Every man and every nation at one time or other becomes the weak. That's why nobody should tolerate persecution, let alone extermination, as a precedent. (p581)