Empathy quotes

“Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.”
Sir Sidney Poitier

“- Pat: You have poor social skills. You have a problem.
- Tiffany: I have a problem? You say more inappropriate things than appropriate things. You scare people.
- Pat: I tell the truth. You're mean.”
Bradley Cooper - Pat
Jennifer Lawrence - Tiffany

“A certain amount of anger doesn't make us less empathetic, less humane, less loving. It just makes us real.”
Lindsay Duncan

“Our stories, Wade's and mine, describe the lives of the boys and men for thousands of years: boys who were beaten by their fathers, whose capacity for love and trust was crippled almost at birth, men whose best hope for connection with other human beings lay in detachment, as if life was over.”
Willem Dafoe - Rolfe Whitehouse

“You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.”

David Morse - Alien

“Actors are always looking for the eyes of the other actors because you need help and you need connection.”
Javier Cámara

“Todd and I have a very complementary working style.”
Sam Wood

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
Gregory Peck - Atticus Finch

“You can never connect on a deeper level if you idolise someone - you don't see the real person.”
Alexander Skarsgård

“Just being alive, staying human, I think that's infinitely precious.”
Vanessa Redgrave

“- Firefist: How do you know what I want?
- Deadpool: Because I've been inside you. That came out wrong. I've been inside your shoes, which is also off-putting.”
Julian Dennison - Firefist
Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool

“I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man. It's a form of communication and it's gonna reach you in a way of growth - most of the time.”
Michelle Rodriguez

“It's important to really listen to the other person and have them feel like they're heard, to make sure the relationship feels equal.”
Joan Allen

“- Courtney Collins: How did you know?
- Ex-Deputy So & So: [sadly] Because he reminded me of myself when I was a kid.”

James Ransone - Ex-Deputy So & So

“- Kathie Moffat: Can't you even feel sorry for me?
- Jeff Bailey: I'm not going to try.”
Jane Greer - Kathie Moffat
Robert Mitchum - Jeff Bailey

“- John Gotti: We're gonna do a hit now, gonna do a real hit. We're goin back, yeah... back to some real, in your face Cosa Nostra. Out in front on the line... make 'em sit back and watch the volcano blow. You with me?
- Sammy Gravano: I'm wit ya, John, all the way to the finish.”
Armand Assante - John Gotti
William Forsythe - Sammy Gravano

“- Roberta Taylor: I'm so worried.
- Frank Adler: Come on, Roberta. If you start crying, I will have to pretend to start crying.”
Chris Evans - Frank Adler
Octavia Spencer - Roberta Taylor

“- Jacob Kowalski: You, uh, you know how to read minds?
- Queenie: Oh, don't worry, honey. Most guys think what you was thinking first time they see me.”
Dan Fogler - Jacob Kowalski
Alison Sudol - Queenie

“A lot of young directors really don't understand actors, how to work with them. They're into techniques, effects.”
Robert De Niro

“I could tell she knew what I was feeling.”
Jesse Eisenberg - Columbus

“If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.”
Jack Lemmon

“- Sophie: Why did you take me?
- BFG: Because I hears your lonely heart, in all the secret whisperings of the world.”
Ruby Barnhill - Sophie
Mark Rylance - BFG

“It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.”
Christian Bale

“The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.”
Heath Ledger

“Max bonded so closely with Kyle, he can't work with anyone else. ... Are you sure you want to do this?”

Jay Hernandez - Sergeant Reyes