Bennett Miller Quotes

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

The first thing you should know about people is that you don’t know the first thing about them.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

I'm usually pretty good about meeting people. I try to remember they are human, too!

I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are.

I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their life, the more you can sympathize with them or even root for them.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems wrong to me.

You should never assume about someone.

I am running on the fact that I am doing a good job listening to people.

I like people, and I like to be around people. They are fascinating. I like to behave like a common man. I am a common man.

When people are saying something to you, you gotta listen to them.

You can't just constantly judge a situation or a person because of what you're used to or how they look. They might turn out to be this sweet man who asks you what your dreams are. You know?

The ultimate lesson from my entire experience is you cannot prejudge human beings. You just can't. I don't care who they are, what their behavior, or what you've heard about. You have to be able to meet the person and talk with them, and even then, that's not even enough to prejudge them.

I'm not one of those people who easily judges something or someone.

When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are.

How can you judge a man until you come face to face?

I think it doesn't matter, the color of your skin; it doesn't matter where you are from. It matters how you relate to people, how you connect with people, and the open-mindedness with which you approach the subject. That's to me what matters when you are making a film, not who you are or where you are from.

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.

Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them

When you see someone as a human being, you begin to understand most people are doing what they believe is right. I ask myself, "What if you were wrong? How would you want someone to engage with you?"

Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people.

You could try and understand people, you could read books and understand words and concepts and ideas, but you could never understand enough or have enough knowledge to keep away the surprises that both fate and human beings had in store.

There would be very little to dislike in other people if we refused to bring to them all of our own judgements and petty grievances.

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.