Quotes about Empathy

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.

If you're going to make a movie about a character who is a supervillain, it's fantastic to have a core sense of empathy for that character.

The only thing that really depresses me is animal cruelty.

I feel bad for people in wheelchairs and people who have to use crutches.

I don't want to stand on stage night after night, without being on my face beforehand truly crying out for those that have come to the event.

When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable.

I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.

I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.

I can easily imagine Obama sitting down and talking to any leader - or any person - in the world, with no baggage of past servitude or race supremacy to mar their talks.