Claude Rains Quotes

I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories.

People don't understand that when you come into any theatrical experience, you've got to come locked and loaded, that you're a part of the experience, too. You can't come with your arms crossed. Be open to it.

To be interesting, be interested.

Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.

What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.

When people feel they're getting to speak into what's being preached, there is high built-in motivation to participate.

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space.

The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

I try to be of the world, rather than just observing it.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent.

Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.

When you're in a conversation, genuinely be in it. Stare people in their eyes. Know what you're talking about. Enjoy that moment.

You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.

I think it's important to not just speak to like-minded people.

I think, to be a great conversationalist, you need to be interested in being in said conversation. Oddly enough, I think you need to be a great listener, and I do think I'm a good listener. I think that's my asset - I always listen to people when I talk to them, and that's a big thing you have to have in life and in podcasts.

As long as you have balance, you can experience all of the things going on in the world and reach out and meet people and try new things, and you shouldn't be judged for it.

I'm very curious. I feel more comfortable surrounded by people not like me.

I think one of the things about listening is that it's always at its most powerful when it's present, when it's right here, when it's right now. And that's a lesson about improv that I think just made me a much more social person.

When you know you haven't been connecting with, persuading, or getting through to someone, consciously pause before meeting them and say to yourself, 'During this conversation, I am committing to being present and to connecting.'