Spike Jonze Quotes

I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and don't have a problem accepting that.

How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?

The irony is that I'm actually a very empathetic person, but I don't believe in sympathy at all.

Sympathy relies on a common experience. If you're clumsy, you might have sympathy for others who tend to bump into things. Empathy, on the other hand, is the ability to understand another person's feelings even if you've never experienced them yourself.

If you can understand, you can feel compassion.

Oprah's stock in trade has always been her powerful unmediated connection. She could feel your pain and empower you to talk about it.

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

I feel like I'm kind of a bit of a sponge in a way. Like, if people around me are going through things, I find it very hard not to be empathetic.

Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.

I find that in the 21st century, there's not a lot of compassion for what other people are going through or the walk that they have to walk.

While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

I felt along with her - not the physical pain, of course, but all her mental anguish. You can't be detached. She needed to have someone who understood what was happening in her mind.

Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.

People aren't very good at other people's pain.

It doesn't hurt to show some empathy.

I learned the most important thing is to put yourself in the shoes of the players.

Empathy is what obsesses me. And watching empathy recede in the world is terrifying.

My strength is that I'm an empath.

It's hard to put yourself in someone else's head.

I always want people to experience the feelings I am experiencing. Anything I can do to get you to feel, that's an honor and a duty that I take very seriously.

I feel like there is a real lack of empathy - not just in American society, it's definitely happening in Britain as well - and it's heartbreaking that people can see something and not feel it.

I am the type of person that likes to put myself in someone's shoes to 'get' it.

When I see people sad, I'm sad.

Sympathy is a sweet thing.