I Think That's Almost What It Is Sometimes If You Sum Up What Acting Is. It's Just The Ultimate Expression Of Empathy.
Our Leaders Are Cruel Because Only Those Willing To Be Inordinately Cruel And Remorseless Can Hold Positions Of Leadership In The Foreign Policy Establishment. People Capable Of Expressing A Full Human Measure Of Compassion And Empathy Toward Faraway Powerless Strangers Do Not Become President Of The United States, Or Vice President, Or Secretary Of State, Or National Security Adviser Or Secretary Of The Treasury. Nor Do They Want To.
I Have Never Thought Of My Entertainment As Being Able To Bring About Social Change. I Am Seriously Always Looking For The Laugh. What It Did Make Me Conscious Of Was Having Empathy For Those Without Any Power In This Country. That Has Always Stuck With Me.
I'm Still Learning About Music. The Best Way To Learn Is To Listen To The Audience. When You Listen To The Audience, They Will Tell You What They Like. I Wish These Big Corporations, Instead Of Telling The Audience What They Should Have, Would Listen.
Education Leads To Enlightenment. Enlightenment Opens The Way To Empathy. Empathy Foreshadows Reform.
Republicans Rarely Criticize Obama For Lack Of Empathy - In Part Because Liberals Have Traditionally Been Seen As Standing Up For The Weak And The Vulnerable. Conservatives Can Be Just As Empathetic. But They Believe That, In Most Cases, It's Not Government's Role To Be The Primary Dispenser Of Empathy.
There's A Certain Amount Of Empathy You Need To Have, And I've Also Never Been One To Call It In. I Know Some Roles Are Easier For Certain People, Especially When There's The Sequel And A Third And A Fourth One.
There's A Great Deal Of Difference Between Temperament And Temper. Temperament Is Something You Welcome Creatively, For It Is Based On Sensitivity, Empathy, Awareness ... But A Bad Temper Takes Too Much Out Of You And Doesn't Really Accomplish Anything.
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.
