Quotes About Empathy

Portraying a real-life character can be quiet challenging.

People do ask me for advice for some reason. And I'll just kind of pose it back to them and let them answer on their own. I never like to give my advice 'cause I don't want them to come back and 'You were wrong! You ruined my life!' so it's more about 'Hey, this is what you just told me. What does that sound like to you?'

Everyone that's ever seen 'Pose' who isn't trans or doesn't have any connection to the LGBTQ community has been given the opportunity to create empathetic relationships to the characters that they would not have otherwise been able to. That's super essential in helping counter homophobia and transphobia.

Posh people blow my mind. Apart from empathy, they're good at everything - true survivalists.

If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.

I got back into the position of taking care of my husband, which is what I'd learned that I couldn't really do: you can love and make things okay to a certain extent, but you can't fix. I didn't quite learn that until the kayaking incident. It became so clear then.

I do work really hard to be nice to people. Well, actually, I think it doesn't take much effort to be nice to people, so why shouldn't we all be nice to each other? But I do appreciate very much a woman who is in a position of power who is unapologetic about her position and her belief in her own abilities.

I always change my words in everything I do. I make the language fit, because I know the character from the inside out. Often character actors are not in a position to do that, but I do it. I don't change any cue and I never change anybody else's lines, but I make my own words fit my mouth.

Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.

I think for leadership positions, emotional intelligence is more important than cognitive intelligence. People with emotional intelligence usually have a lot of cognitive intelligence, but that's not always true the other way around.

I don't think sometimes people in positions of leadership in the church really engage gay and lesbian people and talk to them and get to know about their lives.

Things can go away just like that. You got to be always respectful and nice and positive.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I want to find the positive points.

It's easy to just be rude or just be nasty. I think it's actually harder for people to say something positive; it's interesting.

I feel equal to Mexicans, Asians, everyone. That's the kind of positive message I want to get out.

Many people say that my positive energy lights up the room, but I think it's the people around me who give me strength.

We want to give people positive energy and we also want to comfort people.

I love meeting people, and I know it's so difficult for people to come up to me and introduce themselves, so when they do, I'll grab them and hug them. It makes their day, you know? I love that, and I get positive energy from that.

My mom and grandma always told me: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. It's something everyone needs to be more conscious about. Putting more positive energy out into the world would be so beneficial.

No matter how dysfunctional we are, we can still have a positive impact on each other's lives.

It's nice to have a positive impact on someone's else's life, and I feel like with my actions that I've had a positive impact on someone's else's life.

I am quite a positive person. I always try to see the good in every situation, the good in everybody.

I always try to think of positive things to say about the people I portray, as it's more helpful for me.