Acting Quote by Meryl Streep Download Open image “Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.” — Meryl Streep ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Actors Art Empathy Heart Theatre
I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy. — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
There are actors who just bring an enormous amount of empathy. They just have that"it" that makes you want to follow them and root… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Acting requires a great amount of empathy for real lived human experiences. — Cole Sprouse Copy Share Image
“Empathy is something you must create when the hero is introduced. Making your hero a victim in the middle of the movie or showing… — Michael Hauge Copy Share Image
“I think most of us have many personas inside us at the outset, but over time we lean to the one that is dominant… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
As an actor, I function from a place of compassion and empathy - you have to believe 100 percent what your character is doing,… — Clare Bowen Copy Share Image
It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about… — Kafu Nagai Copy Share Image
You look at somebody's work as an actor and you can see their emotional life being fed into it and you can kind of… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
“...empathy is the driving force behind the experience of emotions in narratives (Keen, 2006; Mar et al., 2006; Oatley, 2011).” — Mikkel Wallentin Arndis Simonsen Andreas Hojlund Nielsen Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
This act of empathy, that women go through from the time we're little girls - we read all of literature, all of history, it's… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity. Women just get old. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Well, I got better after this, and my entire family really did appreciate it. Usually, they're resentful of movies that I go off and… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I didn't really like opera. I liked cheerleading and boys and, later, smoking. So my opera career was cut short when I was 15.… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Life is all about making choices and I'm very happy with mine. I have had a wonderful time raising four children and I've also… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Leave me to the thing I love. I love acting. But being called 'the greatest living actress' - a designation not even my mother… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it… — Laura Regan Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image