Quotes About Empathy

Making 'bad people' seem human is the key to making them really scary.

For whatever reason, in this country we have a very interesting relationship with poverty, where we think people in poverty are bad people.

I am attracted to bad people because they are very human.

These days, I think we could all agree that having a just-friend is not a bad thing.

When a child does bad things, the parents are always going to love their child even if they do something bad.

People ask, 'How do you work with the other side?' Well, I start by not saying bad things about them.

We are all human, and we do bad things sometimes.

I'm just grateful to people who are willing to admit how bad things feel for them.

Look, I know what it feels like to believe you're 'different' in a bad way.

I am a mother. Whether it is Alia or Shaheen, at any point in time, if they are suffering, I am the one who gets affected badly.

I believe in people so badly and I love when people treat me the same way.

I'm not going to make fun of something that has badly traumatized someone's life.

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.

I was really sensitive because people would say they thought I was a boy or call me a boy and stuff like that. I always had my hair back and, like I said, baggy clothes. So it was kind of sad. I didn't know what to do about it, and I didn't know what I was doing wrong because I was just being me.

It's hard for me to characterise myself. I think I'm balanced. Some people might say I'm cold-hearted.

When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older.

I earnestly feel terrible for any mistakes at the bank.

I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

Some stories are meant to be experienced by everyone and language and culture are no bar.

I'd love to sit down with Barbara Walters. She's always asking people about their personal lives. I'd like to see how she likes it.

I've never raised my hand on anyone in my whole life. I feel it's barbaric.

It's pretty cool to watch a film where the character barely says anything but you can see exactly what he's thinking.

Maybe you are homophobic a little bit, but then you see me, and you've always loved me, and you love the way I play, and your kids love me. And then you're like, 'Oh, that's OK. It's fine.' Once it gets a little bit more personal, it helps break down those barriers.

I like to have something to base a role on.