Niels Arden Oplev Quotes

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

Out: Reading is fundamental. In: Feeling is fundamental.

I love, I love human beings, studying them.

I'm very human.

I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.

I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.

People treat serious subjects so seriously, which is so obvious a way of dealing with them. I'm always thinking that the best way of dealing with them is to show people as human beings.

We will always need to be reminded that we are human. Art gives us that.

The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.

I have an inate curiosity about people.

Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while.

I would say I'm humanly engaged.

People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.

Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.

We can empathize as deeply as we can empathize.

Oprah's stock in trade has always been her powerful unmediated connection. She could feel your pain and empower you to talk about it.

You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.

I think what makes us human - is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's the barometer by which we call ourselves human.

I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it.

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.

Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth.

I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.

A spiritual person is also in touch with his or her own reality, feelings and thoughts, and the reality of the people around him or her, not projecting on them.