Quotes About Empathy

It's an exceptional thing to have someone in your life who knows and understands you so well. Who loves who you are. A very exceptional thing.

when the thrill of his body fades or changes, and the difficulties of pledging yourself to only one person surface, kindness will be the balm that soothes the wounds of life.

I know that I've had a very fortunate life, but also I think my job as an actor is to connect emotionally to human beings.

When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?

It's easy to watch someone else's life crash and burn, harder to watch your own accident up close.

When someone tells you a piece of their life, they're giving you a gift, not granting you your due.

My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.

Steven [Sebring] just fell in with my family life. He helped me wash the dishes and play with the kids. I could tell that he was a person who understood families.

Within that moment was trust, compassion, and our mutual sense of irony. He was carrying death within him and I was carrying life. We were both aware of that, I know.

I see myself as anybody, as everybody; I'm not just telling the story of my life to give the reader a picture of who I am.

I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.

I never got that show - Les Miz. It's about the French guy, right, who steals a loaf of bread, and then he suffers for the rest of his life. For Toast. Get over it!

I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried...I am a rock.

I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music.

Imagine what Ivanka Trump life has been like? She's been eaten alive by the media. I have empathy for that.

I only write to understand myself better... I don't try to show how intelligent or how cultivated I am, I just try to share my soul. Sharing is part of life.

What other people think is more important than what we feel.

He gives before he is asked.

We are neither worse nor better than those who eye us critically.

Fine words lack all meaning when we are confronted by real suffering.

He is also a victim of some injustice; he usually tries to be alone, in order to show his pain to others.

I want to show all sides of myself. I mean, I don't want to howl at the moon my whole life, you know?

In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.