Empathy quotes

“- Craig Schwartz: There's a tiny door in my office, Maxine. It's a portal and it takes you inside John Malkovich. You see the world through John Malkovich's eyes... and then after about 15 minutes, you're spit out... into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike.
- Maxine Lund: Sounds great! Who the fuck is John Malkovich?
- Craig Schwartz...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Cusack - Craig Schwartz
Catherine Keener - Maxine Lund

“- John Malkovich: I have seen a world that no man should see!
- Craig Schwartz: Really? Because for most people it's a rather enjoyable experience.”

John Malkovich - Himself
John Cusack - Craig Schwartz

“You think you own whatever land you land on, the Earth is just a dead thing you can claim. But I know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name.”

Irene Bedard - Pocahontas

“- Sethe: You wanna feel something? Feel what it feel like to be a colored woman, roaming the roads, and anything God made liable to jump on you. Feel that!
- Paul D: I know every bit of that, Sethe. I wasn't born yesterday, and I never mistreated a woman in my life.
- Sethe: Well, that makes one of you in this world.”
Oprah Winfrey - Sethe
Danny Glover - Paul D

“You might not understand but when you're older there are people you're gonna meet who make you feel like connected. Like your heart is made of neon and when you find them you have to be with them.”

Wendy Foxworth - Tina Williams

“It's impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves.”
Christian Bale - Patrick Bateman

“- Marcia Brady: I'm so happy for you, Jan.
- Jan Brady: Really, Marcia?
- Marcia Brady: No.”
Christine Taylor - Marcia Brady
Jennifer Elise Cox - Jan Brady

“It knows my fears, it knows my secrets! Gets inside your head and... it shows you!”

Laurence Fishburne - Miller

“Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”
Audrey Hepburn - Holly Golightly

“- Rob Geller: I can recognize a cry for help when I see one.
- Josie Geller: Hear one.
- Rob Geller: Whatever.”
David Arquette - Rob Geller
Drew Barrymore - Josie Geller

“- Mr. Potter: Have you put any real pressure on these people of yours to pay those mortgages?
- Pa Bailey: Times are bad, Mr. Potter. A lot of these people are out of work.
- Mr. Potter: Well, then, foreclose.
- Pa Bailey: I can't do that. These families have children.
- Mr. Potter: They're not my children.”
Lionel Barrymore - Mr. Potter
Samuel S. Hinds - Pa Bailey

“- Dodge: We don't like you.
- Splatter: Yeah, and we mean that.
- Dodge: Emphatically.
- Splatter: What does that mean?
- Dodge: I have no idea.
- Splatter: It's a good word.”

Kevin Frank - Dodge
Neil Crone - Splatter

“- Agent Barker: We feel your pain, Gonzo.
- Gonzo: They feel my pain!
- Rizzo the Rat: I've got a paper-cut that's a doozy. You feel my pain too?”
Josh Charles - Agent Barker
Dave Goelz - Gonzo
Steve Whitmire - Rizzo the Rat

“- Marion: I feel sorry for you Ken, because, in your way, you've been as lonely as I have.
- Ken: Have you been lonely?
- Marion: At least I've come to recognize it.”
Gena Rowlands - Marion
Sir Ian Holm - Ken

“- Angela Hayes: How are you?
- Lester Burnham: God, it's been a long time since anybody asked me that... I'm great.
- Angela Hayes: I've gotta go to the bathroom.
- Lester Burnham: ... I'm great.”
Mena Suvari - Angela Hayes
Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham

“I understand you: I know what you want, I know what you need. Guys like Roach think just 'cause they're paying for it they can treat you like shit; and spend the same money on dinner and a movie so they can call you girlfriend, instead of whore.”

Billy Zane - The Collector

“As I understand from your communication, Mr. Engle, you're on the brink of self-destruction. May I shake your hand? A brilliant idea! I speak as one who has destroyed himself a score of times.”

Thomas Mitchell - Gene Gibbons

“What is the matter with your eyes? Why can I not see myself, in your eyes?”
Sir Christopher Lee - King Haggard

“One man looks at a dying bird and thinks there's nothing but unanswered pain. That death's got the final word, it's laughing at him. Another man sees that same bird, feels the glory, feels something smiling through it.”
John Dee Smith - Pvt. Train

“I know I'm not like other people, I know I can't... feel sympathy for other people. But I'm still human.”
Michael Reilly Burke - Ted Bundy

“The lawyer who shares his client's pain, in my opinion, does his client such a grave disservice, he should have his license to practice law taken away. It clouds his judgment. And that's a beneficial to his client as a doctor who recoils at the sight of blood.”
John Travolta - Jan Schlichtmann

“Love is like a flame, it burns and is visible to all.”
Jennifer Ehle - Rosemary Leighton-Jones

“How does a lunatic like you help a guy like me?”
Keanu Reeves - Nelson Moss

“- Alexander Dane: You're just going to have to figure out what it wants. What is its motivation?
- Jason Nesmith: It's a rock monster. It doesn't have motivation.
- Alexander Dane: See, that's your problem, Jason. You were never serious about the craft.”
Alan Rickman - Alexander Dane
Tim Allen - Jason Nesmith

“- Dr. Alex Cross: Kate, I know how you feel, honestly.
- Dr. Kate McTiernan: Would you please stop treating me like I'm a victim? You think I'm some kind of tourist in all this because I wasn't raped? Every night when I go to sleep, I hear those women's voices. You want to save your niece? Guess what: so do I.”
Morgan Freeman - Dr. Alex Cross
Ashley Judd - Dr. Kate McTiernan