Suranne Jones Quotes

I realize more and more I miss my 'Survivor' friends when I'm not around them.

If you can have a laugh with someone, you're then in each other's world.

If I'm in the airport, people will come up and just hug me because they feel like they can - and that's the greatest. They just want to hug because some place, some memory in their lives, I meant something to them.

What I say about 'This Is England' is they're like my best friends back home. Normal, working-class, beautiful people who I'm creative with.

I think that human beings are often looking for a reason to relate.

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

The happiest people are the ones with the most community.

Difference is always the biggest challenge for humans. That's why we do enjoy reading or watching movies or watching TV. It's a personal challenge to get close to people that we never get close to.

Friendship also seems to be the bond that hold communities together.

We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don't know anything about, but we do get caught up in the human drama.

I think humor is a really important way of creating solidarity - like, through humor you can make people realize that certain situations, where they thought they were alone, are actually shared by everyone.

I was missing the opportunity to see my friends' children grow up, to have my son go to his friends' homes and be involved with their parents.

I love that there are others interacting with me.

I’m just one of the people who stands on the Kop. They think the same as I do, and I think the same as they do. It’s a kind of marriage of people who like each other.

I think it's important to relate to one another about issues that you're having, because the second you open up and someone else says, 'Oh, me too. I feel the same way,' then all of a sudden, you feel more at peace with yourself and you can feel more confident with who you are.

I think one of the things that makes theater special is first of all, it's one of the last places you put your phone away. And second of all, it's one of the last places where we all have a common experience together.

Strangers are an endangered species.

All people want on this earth is to connect with others. Other than eating and sleeping. Human beings need to connect with other human beings. Otherwise, they lose their mind.

One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back; loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.

A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.

I think that idea of being far away from the people that you love is something that everyone can relate to.

The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone.

I suppose home is, for me, more of a state of mind. It's really more of about being where I want to be with people I care about.

It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.

I find that when people laugh really hard, it's usually because they're connecting and identifying in a way that they hadn't considered. That's my payoff.