Joan Blondell Quotes

I'm just like my fans, and that's the way I like it.

If you hang around long enough to show these people what you can do, you have a chance in this acting business.

Readers prefer a world they can relate to.

On 'Awkward,' we really like to send the message out that we're relatable, and that we get what people are going through.

Perfect heroes are cool, but no one can really empathize or identify with them.

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

He's a fantastic actor, Kelsey Grammer. You don't have that kind of career without having a talent, without having something to say and to give to an audience.

And they didn't have to get into a lot of legal speak or talk ER terms, they were real people. I think that's why so many actresses were attracted to it. And it was just about problems that you could identify with so much, right off the bat.

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.

If there is honesty in your face, the battle is won. It doesn't have to be the most beautiful face in the world. The audience can relate to you then. They feel love, not lust, for you.

You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.

No support of one star or one director or one producer can make any individual actor a star. You have to connect with the audience; the audience have to like you. That is something that cannot be manipulated or fought for or tried for. Either they like you, or they don't.

If someone is expressing everything I am feeling at the moment, it's probably Jon Stewart. I hear him and think, Yeah!

The highest praise is when a kid says, 'This book feels so real; this could have happened at my school.'

I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to.

I want to be relatable. I want to be the guy that people root for.

The road hasn't always been paved for me. People identify with that. Everybody passes through hard times, and I think that's part of my appeal - that I have, too.

I just always want to play people. I don't want it to be necessarily that you relate to the character as female or male, but that you relate to them as a person. That's the driving force.

I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.

There are thousands of good-looking women out there. Longevity for a heroine doesn't come only with good looks: talent matters.

I think when I show my vulnerability, people relate with that because they know deep down inside that they have vulnerable moments, and they can really connect and identify with me on those things.

My goal's always to connect and relate to my audience. I want them to leave my show feeling like they got to know me better - not only that, but like we could be friends. I want people to leave going, 'Oh my gosh, I could totally hang out with her!'

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

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

I want someone to be able to say, 'I relate to this person on The Five.' You feel like you belong. You kind of feel like it's family. They feel like they know us because we reveal so much about ourselves on the show.