Poonam Dhillon Quotes

On 'Awkward,' we really like to send the message out that we're relatable, and that we get what people are going through.

We all do that thing which is the best in movies - we relate.

TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.

In the end, drama is successful if you care about the people.

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking.

Without television and mass communication, that knowledge wouldn't exist. So I think it actually has the possibility of turning people into more understanding and more empathetic people.

I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin.

I think watching TV has influenced my books, but I don't think writing TV has.

You want to feel, 'I know that character.'

Filmmaking is a language where you empathise with human situations. Unless you have empathy for characters, you shouldn't be a filmmaker.

If people don't connect to Eric Carter's struggles, I'm sure they'll find a character in this series to connect to. That's ultimately what it's about for me.

I think I got my education as a young boy from things I saw on TV.

To be very honest, I owe it all to TV, it has made me what I am today. I've learnt the craft from it.

In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards, nasty, twisted, deeply flawed human beings with serious psychological problems. Even them. When I get inside their skin and look out through their eyes, I have to feel a certain - if not sympathy, certainly empathy for them. I have to try to perceive the world as they do, and that creates a certain amount of affection.

Dali Lama said, 'when you open the heart of the person with humor, you can tell him the most truth. But if you tell him truth without humor, the heart closes.'

It is quite clear that between love and understanding there is a very close link...He who loves understands, and he who understands loves. One who feels understood feels loved, and one who feels loved feels sure of being understood.

They weren't impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion. Because deep down they had found parts of themselves in the characters. You said it George.

You know, I have come to think listening is love, that's what it really is.

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

How has anyone ever understood anyone, except through love, which is wordless?

We can not understand each other, if our sympathies are always safely tucked away; we can not understand each other, if our approaches are always academic or conventional; we can not understand each other, if we crawl back into our shells every time we see a worm across our path.

We may not always see eye to eye, but we can try to see heart to heart.

The world is divided into those who understand me and those who don’t. In the case of the latter, I simply leave them to torment themselves trying to gain my sympathy.