Quotes About Empathy

I know what it's like to be in the closet! I know what it's like to be bullied and attacked because someone or some group thought I was different or below them... so, I'm coming out of the closet as an ally of equality for everyone; as an ally to hope.

The old approach of sacrificing the needs of one group to benefit another just won't work.

I tend not to make fun of religious groups anywhere I play.

Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.

By the time my children are born, I know it's possible that they can grow up in a world where they don't understand that there were ever any dividers between people and why we have the issues we do today. That's my goal in this life.

When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents.

During my growing up years, I always connected with men who respected women.

Growing up, I was the awkward, chubby kid. I had a few close friends, but I was the first one to be bullied.

With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.

I'm the only girl out of three children. I have two younger brothers. I've grown up around boys and men my whole life. I get them. I get men.

At the end of the day, as a grown man, I don't really care what the sexuality of the next man is.

I think of the biopics I've written as exploring a more grown-up side of myself, through other characters' lives.

You can't hold a grudge against anybody; you gotta let it go.

I can never hold a grudge against anyone, even if I know that he has done something wrong to me.

Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.

I never hold a grudge.

People have things that happen between them. I certainly don't keep grudges.

Me being a compassionate person, I would never hold any grudges against my ex.

It's not for me to hold any grudges or anything like that.

I don't hold any grudges.

I'm a person who doesn't hold any grudges.

I don't hold grudges. That's not really me.

I don't see the point of grumpy people.

If the inmates of Guantanamo want to make their nests in Uruguay, they can do it.