Jennifer Coolidge Quotes

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

I was taught by my parents that people who are loud don't have anything to say. I've found if you're suggesting quite big changes, a quiet style may be reassuring.

I'm fortunate enough to have learned not to waste time getting frustrated with my kids, or co-workers, or friends and family for not doing everything I wish they would. If someone doesn't respond to me the way I want them to, I understand that it doesn't have anything to do with me.

I try not to deal with people's hostility, though I must if they have something I need from them, as the professors did at Columbia or my landlord did.

I do ask myself why I make people so enraged, because I only ever say what I think. And while I know it might not be everyone's point of view, that doesn't seem particularly intolerable to me.

You need to be able to communicate what you feel - good or bad. But when I feel things are falling on deaf ears, I take a step back.

it's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people

It's impossible to go through life not offending people. All you have to do is basically have an opinion on anything, and you're gonna offend people.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

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 feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

I've learned that I am allowed to say what I like and what I don't like. And I've learned that I have to be professional and not be everyone's best friend.

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.

I've learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious or obnoxious, in any way, it's important to knock them down a peg.

One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me.

If you're offended, it's your problem.

I spent so many years just saying what I felt without thinking about the ramifications, without understanding that I have this opinion but not everyone might share that opinion and now they don't like me because of it.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

The ABC's are attitude, behavior and communication skills.

At home, a man is entitled to raise his voice maybe once a year, if something really gets under his skin. At work, it's different. I raise my voice all the time. Not out of malice, but to get things right. It's never personal.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.