Tom Hanks Quotes

Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking.

When a story is told really well and is real, even if it's not about their own lives, people can apply it to themselves.

When a piece of art gets really specific is usually when anybody can relate to it.

People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.

The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else feels that way, too.' So if someone can do that with my music, it's mission accomplished.

Part of the success of the show is that the audience sees themselves in the characters, becomes the characters. The more they inhabit the characters, the more they see.

Readers prefer a world they can relate to.

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.

In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know.

You want to feel, 'I know that character.'

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

Why am I not just some old woman ranting in a room? I think because what I say connects with people's truths.

'Blue is the Warmest Colour' - I'm not a lesbian, I'm not French, I'm not a woman, but I saw so much of myself in those women and in those characters. I saw different parts of myself than I ever would've seen if I hadn't seen that film.

If people don't connect to Eric Carter's struggles, I'm sure they'll find a character in this series to connect to. That's ultimately what it's about for me.

I'm always amazed at how records can make you feel like somebody else understands you.

I prefer to do roles that I can relate to.

I think that YA stories have a lot of heart, and I think that whatever age we are, we connect to them because we sort of see ourselves in them.

I think when people hear your music, sometimes they get deeply attached to it and think they know something about you, that you're kindred spirits or something.

My concern has always been to write songs that my audience, my fans are able to identify with.

I remember Julianne Moore talking about acting and she said, "I'm just looking for truth. When people watch, they're not looking to see me. They're looking to see themselves." That's one of my new favorite sayings

I wish that we could look into each other's faces, in each other's eyes, and see our own selves. I hope that the children have not been so scarred by their upbringing that they only think fear when they see someone else who looks separate from them.

I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes you can't relate to your character at all.

Anyone could identify with the human aspect of the characters.

The - the sort of thing that I want to do is to strike a resonant chord of universality in other people, which is best done by fiction.

I love the fact that people can relate to what I'm saying, even if it's not for the same subject I was writing about. That is the power of real music and real expression.