Quotes About Empathy

I don't know if every player in the Premier League feels hurt when they lose a game. The right sort is very important. I was naive in thinking that everyone was like me.

From the very beginning, I think it's been quite clear that there's no way I could possibly say that trans women are not women. It's the sort of thing to me that's obvious, so I start from that obvious premise.

Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.' I had to be myself and I didn't have to actually prepare for it.

There may be another life, and if there is, the best way to prepare for it is by making somebody happy in this.

If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.

Being a salesperson prepares you for just about everything in business: how to listen, empathize, and persuade; when to back off and when to step in; and, of course, how to close.

I'm able to look the person acting across from me and respond to that. There are times when it becomes so lonely and painful, but I think I'm able to overcome them because I realize that the more fiercely you prepare for a role, the more the audience can feel it.

As an actor, it is my job to prepare for the role I am playing.

Education, school should prepare us not to morally judge everyone, but to be able to find our own truth in this world of various points of view.

I understand aggressiveness in only one way: being prepared to hurt yourself, not someone else.

I'm definitely interested in two questions: 'Is anybody ever really irredeemable?' and 'How much are we all prepared to do for each other?'

Every time when I start preparing my character for a movie, I always try to make up and create my own background story for the role in order to fill it with life.

A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.

An open mind is prerequisite to an open heart.

If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Presence is in the eye and ear and gut of the beholder. When you are totally present in a conversation or in a meeting, others around you perceive you as totally focused on the matter at hand and on being of value to them.

We are inhibited from aggression by the presence of another face, another person. We're aware that we're with a human being. On the Internet, we are disinhibited from taking into full account that we are in the presence of another human being.

We need a human presence at the border and a humane presence at the border.

The power of being in the physical presence of another person delivers real benefits.

I believe chemistry is based on the trust between two performers. What actually works is something intangible - being extremely comfortable in each other's presence.

A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.