I think it's important to be a generous actor.

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.

I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.

Generally speaking, talk to any stand-up comedian, the people in this world who are the brightest and have the biggest smile often are struggling with a lot of things under the surface.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

Let's just stop being bullies face to face, online, whatever.

Every day, at home, I have the astonishing and humbling opportunity - together with my wife Sophie - to nurture empathy, compassion, self-love, and a keen sense of justice in our three kids.

You have to have some connection, empathy, or chemistry with the person you're playing and playing with.

As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character and the situation he is in believable.

The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted.

It's my job to take the fans sitting at home on their couch and put them in my shoes.

Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand not being a mother and the pain that comes from that.

I have such love for the point of obsession towards people and their minds, and I'm constantly trying to find beauty in things, and I think people are such unique and complex creatures.

We would never do anything for the sole purpose of bumming people out or upsetting people.

I care about actors, and I understand them in a very personal way. I'm not saying every writer has to do that, but in my case, it's been helpful. I can put myself into the scene and think, 'What would...

I volunteered at Meals on Wheels, which is a place where you go and deliver healthy meals to people who are more homebound. I did that, and I had so much fun doing it, and I'm definitely planning on...

I respect people's feelings when they say they love me, but it is completely their choice of expression, and I am alien to it. People have a right to express, but that's it.

I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.

We should care about each other.

With each character in a movie, I'm looking for a human being. I'm looking for a person. And to me, I'm looking for a person that's full of strengths and weaknesses, a person that's full of successes...

I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

What we're showing may not be your reality, but it's ours.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.

My dad died of a heart attack when I was 15. I was bullied mercilessly in middle school. I went through a divorce - those not - so - great things are all a part of me, and they give me a place to go...

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.