What we create is empathy.

Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls.

You may hate the behavior of your characteryou have to understand and empathize with the traumatized person youre playing.

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Thinking Sebastian Stan inThe Apprentice, she added, referring to Stans portrayal of a young Donald Trump.

This reference was the closest she got to calling out the Trump administration specifically.

Make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke.

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She concluded her speech by thanking her peers for the award, which she called her encouragement.

Ironically, she adds, her arrest made her speaking engagements all the more popular among college students.

One things for sure: Jane Fonda knows how to give a speech.

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