Ron Silver Quotes

I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior.

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

I think probably the reason why I really enjoy acting is that I really am interested in people. I'm interested in what they think, why they think it and what happened in their lives to make them see things a certain way.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

I've always read in order to figure out people more, and that includes bad people and good people.

I've learnt to not look that deeply into what people say as it's mostly a reflection of themselves.

I think I am a pretty good at understanding each character of each person I meet.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.

I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise you don't know much about other people. You kind of have to learn a bit about yourself so you can work out how we all behave and why we do the things we do.

I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important.

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.

I've always been fascinated by people, their psychology, what drives them and trying to understand them.

I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.

I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them.

I think to try to understand human behavior and why people do what they do, and what in their lives have shaped them and impacted them to be who they are, it's something. I mean, that's my entire life.

You must look into people as well as at them.

Whenever I'm trying to understand people that I don't understand, or things in people or even in myself, I'll say, 'When did this negativity get here?' I try to think back to how I was raised to deal with things, and then consider how the person that I'm dealing with grew up.

I studied psychology in school, and I learned how to understand people's feelings, how to get along with people and relate to people.

That seems to be my superpower - really understanding what motivates people.

Psychology is simply great because it helps you better understand all kinds of people.