Melanie Griffith Quotes

Ever since I was four years old, I loved making people smile, making them think, making them feel good, feel some kind of emotion.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.

Giving feels good. It is a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.

Action is drama. If we cannot make the audience laugh, smile or cry with us, we are not actors.

All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.

Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of spirit.

I really don't like hurting people; I like making people feel good.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good.

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.

You shouldn't be greedy. You should feel good about yourself and not be greedy of what other people have.

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

It wasn't about mechanics; it was about a feeling, wanting to give someone something, which in turn was really gratifying. That really resonated for me.

I would say to young entrepreneurs and budding philanthropists - are you giving to feel good or do good?

Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.

We feel really blessed to have been asked to come here, and to have the opportunity for our family to be able to look into the eyes of these people, and in some way help.

You feel touched and honored and alive when you give to someone.

You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.