Tony Goldwyn Quotes

I think there's such a fine line in a relationship. The role of imagination and privacy... how much space can you allow before that becomes distance? And similarly, imagination is empathy. That's how you achieve empathy. It's how you can be with another person and understand how they are in the world.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.

I think that our view of love and family informs our work, the way we empathize with people.

Any relationship has its strengths and weakness.

It sounds cliche, but communication is the number one way to keep a relationship solid.

Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk to me all of the time about really personal things. Sometimes it's really nice and comforting. It depends on the person, whether they're creepy or not.

Not listening to people who care about you, not to be open or transparent, will make you isolated.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.

Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're going to get hurt then you shouldn't be there in the first place. That's the way I look at relationships.

I've undoubtedly offended people, but in the end, I've learned the people that will understand are the people I want to connect to, anyway.

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

I have been in love, and it was a great feeling. It's when you are attracted to and feel affection for someone. You want to do things for that person. But only love isn't enough in a relationship - understanding and communication are very important aspects.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

You musn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.

Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don't have the ability to be lovable.

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

I think invariably when you are dealing with relationships, the films really center on that, and the plot is really born out of that. That's the most core part of a relationship: intimacy, I think, whether it's expressed or not.

The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness.