Quotes About Empathy

I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.

In my work, I'm always trying not to put barriers up between the 'good poor' and the 'bad poor.' I'm not sure my work will change things much, but at the very least, you want to make people feel that they are not alone.

I try to focus on using my energy to change things, but there are times when I feel so bad.

Bullying has changed a lot through the years.

It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.

There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.

I make out a play list for every character and buy the records they would listen to; it helps me find their personas. What they play, where they stay, who they lay, is my matrix for character development.

As an actor, you always want to root for your characters.

I always believed in my characters. I lived them.

These people I play are not usually wish-fulfillment characters.

When I'm in charge, you will never have to question whether anyone is listening, whether the mayor even wants the job. You will never have to ask yourself whether you matter. You will never have to wonder whether I'm in Iowa.

I love making people laugh and by the way I still do that with the charitable efforts on my part because I believe that people need to laugh.

When I was at my lowest point I had a lot of help from charities, food banks, to see me through so it is nice to start to give something back.

Charity is very difficult to do right. Thinking through what people need: You can't start a charity without that. It's like starting a business without the product.

I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it's usually because something is very personal.

I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.

The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.

Cheating is never to do with how attractive you are.

You're playing a role, but you're still feeling it. You can walk away from it after 'Cut,' but if you're playing a sad or mixed-up person, it's hard to stay in that place for these longish period of times. You kind of have to check out.

Literally, I look back on it now, and I often think to myself, 'Karamo you should have done better.' But that's the thing: when you're in that dark space, you can't do any better. And it's for people around you to say, 'You know what? I need to check in with you and be there to support you.'

So I think it's important to just keep in mind that the work doesn't end when the scene ends. You want to check on someone to make sure everyone's good, and also create an environment where everyone is rooting for one another.

If there is even one woman out there who went and got checked and found that she had cancer or she was positive and she caught something in time, and if in any small way I was a part of that, it makes me very emotional.

I can't understand for the life of me why people would cheer when somebody gets hurt. I guess that is the sick world that we are sometimes in.

I don't cheer when people lose their lives.