Sophie Okonedo Quotes

Effective listening is something that can absolutely be learned and mastered. Even if you find attentive listening difficult and, in certain situations, boring or unpleasant, that doesn't mean you can't do it. You just have to know what to work on.

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

Part of acting is always just being available emotionally and open to people.

People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.

I can be incredibly focused, and I can appear impatient. So I've learned to slow down, get to know people, and provide more context. There's nothing wrong with getting to the point pretty quickly, but it's also helpful to give people an opportunity to talk about their work.

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying.

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer.

Keep this question in mind: 'What would I think of this if I exchanged places with the other person?' It paves the way to more successful action.

I think each person you play has a little bit of you in it - you can't really help that.

You can't identify 100% with your character.

You have to bring yourself to a character.

I think I'm a pretty good listener.

I'm not a good listener some times. I'm too much of a control freak. I'm learning to be better. I was so caught up in just getting the job done that I would miss out on the human aspect of this. There was a connection missing.

As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what people are thinking about you at the time because they're not caring about you, they're caring about the character.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught me how to be myself. Because it's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

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.

Everybody has parts of themselves that they're not 100% happy with - that's what makes you human. And being an actor, your job is to play human beings. Your job is to play real people.

I'm the kind of person who if I was playing the role of someone who got shot, I'd probably want to get shot so I knew what it felt like.

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.