Quotes About Empathy

I can be a little bit guilty of being too nice.

I always feel guilty later if I behave rudely with anyone.

We all knew that asking another guitar player to step into Duane Allman's shoes would not really be fair to anybody who had a conscience.

I think there's an incredible amount of people who know not only what we're feeling but know people who have lost their lives to gun violence.

Ending gun violence isn't political. This is personal.

It is hard to convince people that you mean them well if you are looking at them down the barrel of a gun.

Using a gun is a coward's way to hurt someone.

I never had the guts to go to Calais. I didn't see for myself the conditions people were living in, or hear their stories firsthand. That doesn't sit well with my conscience.

I look into people's eyes and I know they think I'm a bad guy.

The people who know me know: I am a good guy with a big heart.

A boxing gym is a place where men are allowed to be kind to one another.

I think, when I meet a person, in general, it's not my habit to conclude anything about people. Not completely. Even people you know well constantly remain open.

Continuing to listen and grow is important because we get into bad habits in relationships.

I think sometimes it's hard, parent's expectations, wanting to be seen by the people in your family and feeling that you can't do that, you can't get them to see you the way that you want to be seen, and come to an understanding or find a way to talk that doesn't revert to bad habits.

When I became an actor, I decided I had enough time, talent, and resources to support people who are in dire need of assistance.

I probably haven't had enough gay characters in my stuff. When you're writing something, you're thinking, 'Why couldn't this person be black, white, gay?'

Things I didn't have in the past I try to give to kids. I know how it feels not to have things. We were poor, but we had enough food to eat. It was a big family, four kids, and it was not like you could just go and buy something. But we had the essentials, the food.

Whether they hail from different cultures, countries or faiths, children are children.

I can't even kill a lobster without saying a Hail Mary for it.

Everyone's had a dodgy haircut at one point and think your life's over. Then there's always someone, whether it's a best friend or your mom or someone, who can talk you down.

I've had the honor of working with so many trans people as a hairdresser over my career in some way.

I feel a special connection to Haiti and the Haitian people.

The longest show I've ever done was four and a half years, so I can only imagine what ending an eight year show is like.

I love trying to forge a contract between creator and audience in which we are able to meet halfway, each injecting a part of our own experiences into a story that's being told.