Jessica Chastain Quotes

Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's about the story.

The world is changing and the physical barriers are down now. It's time for the emotional barriers to go down. And what better place to start than school?

I want to be part of the storytelling that educates people and awakens a sense of compassion in other people of the kind of people they don't encounter in their daily lives very frequently.

If fiction changes things, it's usually because it's a powerful way of exploring social issues. And it helps us to understand people who are different from us.

What I do is I always try to educate myself about my neighbors, about the people I meet.

Part of our job as storytellers is to show people pockets of the world that they don't know. The more we understand, the more we don't judge.

The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations.

We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.

When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.

Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings.

We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.

Many really good films allow us to empathize with other lives.

You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.

Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

Movies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems.

It's great to express yourself and tell other people's stories and get into the minds of people who aren't like you.

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

The idea of faking empathy to take a step forward to understanding - it's a really powerful idea.

Trying to imagine what it's like to be someone else is never a substitute for actually living that way, for acknowledging the respect that we need to have for each other's experiences.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

As an actor, the best way I can hope to promote greater social understanding is through my work. If I can communicate with people and touch their hearts through 'Dangal,' perhaps, eventually, I can help change their minds.

I ultimately want to contribute something toward bettering human relations.

The only way to combat hate is by demonstrating empathy and love.

If you don't open your eyes to other people's lives, you can't even begin to understand how the world works at all.