Empathize Quotes

(on concluding filming of LOTR:) "Frodo will look more haggard, but not as bad as Gollum. There is a massive transformation, but the journey should have a physical effect on him, which makes sense as I look a lot older than when I started filming. I was 18 then, and it`s appropriate that he looks older, too. And if I`ve done my job right, then you should empathize with him. When it came to the end, I was very emotional. I was heaving, I couldn`t breathe, and the last bits of the movie really wrecked me. They gave each actor his own farewell, when we were back there earlier this year. You`d go on to a sound stage and Peter (director Peter Jackson) would make a speech about each actor and then bring in their sword and a clapperboard. It was completely overwhelming. When it came time for me to give a speech, I was so gone I just couldn`t do it. I now have the ears, the feet, the sword, the Ring, and one of the maps of Middle-Earth. The whole thing has had a massive impact on us. I think Bill (Billy Boyd) and Dom (Dominic Monaghan) and I are thinking about buying a house here (in New Zealand), because we don`t want to lose our connection with the country. It makes most sense to go in on a place because we could use it like a timeshare and then holiday at different times or together. But we`re so lazy and completely hopeless at doing things, so it remains to be seen if it`ll ever happen." (December 11, 2003)

"For a while, I used to worry that if I gave a really moving sermon, people would just figure that I was still acting, but I got over that. Acting did help me in that it is probably easier for me to relate to many different people than it would be for most men. Actually, I think the ability I was known for around the studios was what has helped me the most as a clergyman. To get me to cry, which is so hard for most kid actors, all a director or my dad would have to do was to tell me about some terrible trouble someone was having. I could always empathize and would burst into tears. Now I just see what can be done to help the person who comes to me with a serious problem. And there is always something. You know, Jesus never ever fails us."

Now the decision to play a role is halfway towards understanding the character, because you empathize with it and that`s why you want to play it.

I could definitely empathize with the character, with the feelings of helplessness - if only the desperation and the feeling of isolation.

We couldn`t have done it without them. They had their own life experience they were bringing with them, many of whom lost everything '“ their homes, their jobs. They truly could empathize and relate to the other evacuees.

I`m not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what`s going on.

Although the trip was physically and even emotionally draining, our group still had the ability to empathize with the victims and understand what they were going through.

I empathize with need to get away, rest and heal. I want to create a sanctuary where other weary souls can escape from the rat race.

As someone who craves the fetal position, I empathize with this sentiment. I`m just so glad I took the risk so early on in life.

You`d have to be dead not to empathize with these people. What a tragedy for people to be without food in the United States of America.

The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move.

Obviously it was a good quarter for us. We understand that people are quite upset with the price they`re paying at the pump, and we empathize with it.

Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one`s awareness of his or her own cultural strength and the unlimited capacity to empathize with, feel for, care, and love one`s brothers and sisters.