Sonya Deville Quotes

I think, for a long time, I didn't have people who understood where I was coming from. They were giving me advice on what would be good for them.

I do think that the strongest character is somebody that you can connect with to your personal self, or at least find the humanity in both of you and start from there.

I read to see myself in other people's lives.

I had discovered that I'm much less special than I thought I am. So whatever I find true for myself, other people might also relate to.

I just want to portray a very honest character that displays traits that people can truly relate to and can help them - the audience and myself because I learn from the characters as well - help them see themselves in a perspective that is outside of what they know already, and grow from that experience.

When you see a struggle that you may be having personally put on a big screen and in a roomful of people, then it makes you feel less crazy or alone, because you're seeing that other people are dealing with it too. You get to see in this imaginary scenario how people might try and answer some questions or deal with some problems.

You want to feel, 'I know that character.'

I want someone to look at me and find a little of themselves in me.

Everybody's in a situation; everybody has a story. It's about finding out why.

It’s amazing how lonely you can feel and like nobody understands…The moment you are vulnerable, someone always reaches out….They go through the same things. I want them to feel comfortable knowing that I have flaws as wells. I want them to know those flaws. I’m afraid of the pedestal…I want to be a peer to my fans

By showing that you don't have to lose yourself, maybe someone else will feel some sort of comfort.

A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written about, they identify with strongly.

Remember that every man is a variation of yourself

People love to be listened to and represented, and they love it when they feel like you have some of the same problems that they do. Everybody deals with things like romantic difficulties in relationships and death and cancer and abuse.

Anytime you share life stories with other people, you know, you are acknowledging their humanity and kind of accessing some things about yourself, and other people start to expect things about themselves. It's kind of like a fellowship.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

Howard Stern was the only one that was able to get through to me.

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

Stories can encourage us and embolden us to face ourselves and to feel. Stories can make us feel less alone. If we're reading a story that moves us, we can feel that emotion that I feel towards my father or mother or girlfriend. So they can give us late-night company.

I recognize myself to a lesser or greater extent in everything I read, good and bad, and that's part of being a human being if you're honest enough. And obviously the darker parts are the things you don't let control you.

Maybe what I'm trying to do is heal others. I think what we're trying to do in theater is heal someone.

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. So, I do believe through stories we can learn to change, we can learn to empathize and be more connected with the universe and with humanity.

If after you read something, you connect with it, you want to do it.

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.