Being a salesperson prepares you for just about everything in BUSINESS: how to LISTEN, empathize, and persuade; when to BACK off and when to step in; and, of COURSE, how to CLOSE.

In my movies, I portray this 'Everyman' PERSONA, someone everybody can empathize with. People can IDENTIFY with a GUY like me.

As a DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTER, the BATTLE to elevate the will of the PEOPLE above that of the establishment is one with which I empathize.

The BEST WAY to BRING people in and have them empathize with OTHERS is through storytelling.

My dad is an economist who does GLOBAL development RESEARCH. What he practices is a kind of quantifiable EMPATHY: trying to empathize with systems rather than PEOPLE.

When I PLAY 'Grand THEFT Auto,' I'm such a NERDY little law abider because I've ALWAYS had this ACTIVE imagination in which I sympathize and empathize with things.

I do think that there are people who are able to CONNECT with and empathize with anyone who is GOING through something difficult, just NATURALLY. I don't think it's a WORLD of effort for everyone.

I empathize with the vast MAJORITY of cops who keep the PEACE on our streets and enjoy majority SUPPORT from their communities ACROSS the COUNTRY.

Growing up in Westboro, there was a culture of celebrating death and tragedy... a very calloused WAY of seeing other people's PAIN. After I LEFT, it took me a while to be ABLE to really empathize with what it must have been like for the loved ONES of people whose funerals we protested.