In her acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, Jane Fonda called on fellow Hollywood actors to confront the Trump administration with empathy. At 87, she underscored empathy as a vital tool in their craft, urging actors to connect deeply with characters, even unsympathetic ones, by understanding their backgrounds. Fonda highlighted the importance of making empathy a vehicle for resistance against Trump’s political movement, asserting that it symbolizes a commitment to caring for others and is not a weakness.
What we, actors, create is empathy... Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls. And make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke.
I'm sure many of you guys have played bullies and misogynists... While you may hate the behavior of your character, you have to understand and empathize with the traumatized person you're playing.
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