Quotes About Empathy

It's exciting to step into the shoes of someone you have known and admired.

If I have kids, I'll adopt.

I do want to have a family at some point. I also want to adopt. I don't feel pressure to have kids because I know that there are so many out there.

I kind of adopt family friends and take people in.

I pretty much adore all my exes. I try to stay friends with them if I can.

There's kids out there that like me, so why aren't I taking the time to give back to them? If they adore me or they look up to me, just to whatever extent, I've got to show them that I care about them as well.

Someone once said about me that I talk to everyone the same, no matter what age they are. I don't see kids and adults. I see everyone the same.

I think sometimes as an adult, you take people for what they do, and what they are now, instead of the whole picture of their lives.

It's always amazing when a fan will say you've helped them through some kind of adversity.

You can't judge somebody when they're doing well: You've got to judge them when they're going through adversity.

I don't think I have the right to give someone advice when I don't know them.

I think one of the problem that most women have is that they're not really good at advocating for themselves. They're great at advocating for other people.

Why can't black women on stage tell stories that can affect white men in the audience?

Everyone has a past, but I try not to let that affect the way I see them; I want to get to know who they are today.

I want to say that our shows are safer-spaces shows. Don't push anyone or affect anyone's space.

If a story is telling a truth, then why shouldn't it affect everybody?

I speak up about things close to my heart. But I think I am a little too emotional. Events in the world affect me.

Broadchurch' has always been about the impact of crime, on all those affected.

I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.

It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected.

I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that.

When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'.

I'm very affected by what I watch and read.

I'm affected by the characters I play, and sometimes they're hard to live with.