Gregory David Roberts Quotes

You want people - I want people to relate to me as a character. I want them to go, 'That could have been me,' or, 'I know someone like that.'

We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.

Somewhere, the audience relates to my characters and their vulnerability. I believe they see themselves in me.

The first thing I do when I start a role is I look to see where we're similar. What do you get for nothing, you know?

Well, it's probably not something I'm conscious of, but I do gravitate towards characters that are kind of like me.

Human beings have a lot of problems identifying themselves with other human beings who don't resemble them exactly. But there's something about drawing that means that anyone can identify to a drawing. I mean, people can identify themselves with Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.

The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

There's no way for me to know, but my best guess, as it must be for everyone, is that other people are pretty much like me.

Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.

I love stories about people that, whatever situation they're in, you can relate to them in a way.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.

It's nice to feel like you have more in common with people rather than more differences.

There's not many people that I can't relate to and can't share experiences with.

There's been so much that I've shared with the world, and by doing so, it's helped me connect with others on a whole new level. I love that, as I want people to watch 'Total Divas' and be able to relate themselves to what we go through. My hopes are that they realize we are all in this 'thing called life' together.

I do think that the strongest character is somebody that you can connect with to your personal self, or at least find the humanity in both of you and start from there.

I want someone to look at me and find a little of themselves in me.

I'm trying to use myself and my own flawedness as a metaphor for general human experience. I'm trying to 'stand next to' a subject, whether it's Bobby Knight or Vince Carter, and use that subject to meditate on both him and me.

When you are given a character, there are times when you can relate to two out of 10 things of the character, and then there are times when you can relate to eight out of 10 things.

When you relate to a disease, you're afraid. When you relate to a person, there is compassion. You see someone that is like you, that could be like you. You can see yourself in that same situation.

I feel my situation is no different from anybody else's experiences.

I wanted to find people who were like me, and I did, in the people I was reading.

Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own.

Finally, I have someone that's like me. My other two pupils were the opposite sides of the moon. But this guy is on the same side of the moon, is on the same planet that I'm on.