Go Quote by Damien Chazelle

It's not very interesting to establish sympathy for people who, on the surface, are instantly sympathetic. I guess I'm always attracted to people who,…

— John Irving

I don't try to kind of go for the overly sympathetic. I don't really like sympathy; I don't like it for myself. Sometimes sympathy…

— Charlize Theron

The idea that people feel that they have to be sympathetic to me? It's a funny concept.

— Megan Phelps-Roper

I've had people ask me: 'How can you make a movie about a murderer? A terrorist?' What they don't understand is that I'm in…

— Benicio Del Toro

It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint.

— Ryan Reynolds

There's no greater way to gain an audience's sympathy than by being unfortunate.

— Seth Green

One must never assume that a character is sympathetic because of either the actor playing them or the fact that they're a lead. I…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I don't make movies with the idea that people are going to walk out of them feeling comfortable or better about themselves or more…

— Todd Solondz

There's nothing you can't tell to an audience, because they're all people who've had lives. The only thing they don't want to watch is…

— Sara Pascoe

Well, I think “likability” is an overused word. I don’t watch people 'cause I like them; I watch them because they’re compelling. Sympathetic is…

— Louis C. K

I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.

— Don Cornelius

You can't tell an audience to like a character. And I think the best way to get the audience on someone's side is to…

— Anna Kendrick