Annie Parisse

Psychopaths are actually, really, really, really rare in our culture, are people who don't... Or in society, in the world. They're people who don't feel guilt. They're people who don't feel fear. I think that most of us feel those things. There's a kind of... They're almost like superheroes. Not to glorify them, but you know what I mean?

American Actress

Alan Schaaf

Entrepreneurship, to me, means that you're a psychopath. The world doesn't work in the way you want it to, and you have a vision for how it should work. Unlike everyone else, this isn't OK with you. You have to go out, against every possible odd, and do something about it. That's what makes you crazy.

American Businessman

Robert D. Hare

Language and words for psychopaths are only word deep; there is no emotional colouring behind it. A psychopath can use a word like, 'I love you' but it means nothing more to him than if he said, 'I'll have a cup of coffee.

Canadian Psychologist

Jeffrey Kluger

Psychopaths know the technical difference between right and wrong - which is one of the reasons their insanity pleas in criminal cases so rarely succeed; they just fail to act on that knowledge.

American Writer

Eliza Scanlen

I think the weird thing about playing a psychopath is that you really have to believe that you, as the character, did nothing wrong.

Australian Actress

Reg E. Cathey

The world is being destroyed by psychopaths, so of all the things to be concerned about - acting, it's not really up there, is it?

American Actor

Nick Frost

I always think I could play a fantastic psychopath. I'd like to play a psycho. With a heart, you know. A caring lunatic.

English Actor

Jocko Willink

I'm not a complete psychopath. Am I partially? Sure. I'll accept that. But I'm not a complete psychopath.

American

Finn Wolfhard

I mean if anyone's comfortable being famous, they're a psychopath.

Canadian Actor

Kangana Ranaut

If a woman is super-successful, she is called a psychopath.

Indian Actress

The term 'psychopath' implies dangerous behavior, not just mental illness.

Violent Connotation

'Psychopath' can stigmatize individuals; use it with caution in social contexts.

Social Perception

In psychology, 'psychopath' describes specific antisocial personality traits.

Academic Context

A psychopath's actions are often erratic, defying normal behavioral expectations.

Unpredictable Behavior

Psychopaths typically don't feel guilty; they're indifferent to others' pain.

Lack of Remorse

Movies often depict psychopaths as cold-blooded killers, which is an exaggeration.

Cultural Depictions

Calling someone a psychopath suggests extreme insensitivity or cruelty.

Emotional Nuance

 the more worried we should be that you're a taker. Of course, not all takers are narcissists. Some are just givers who got burned one too many times. Then there's another kind of taker that we won't be addressing today, and that's called a psychopath. I was curious, though, about how common these extremes are,

Are you a giver or a...

 I don't mean to be rude, but you know what a psychopath is. A psychopath is a person who, unfortunately for him or her, lacks the ability to really empathize with other human beings. When they look around, they don't see other human beings with deep, rich, three-dimensional personal lives

Which country does the...

 In real life it can be hard to study. We know that in experiments that watching violence produces short-term effects on someone's behavior. But it's hard to study in the long run. If you have an idea that this can turn someone into a violent psychopath, it's not exactly ethical

The Psychology of Game...

 - And then when you get used to that taste and you don't taste it anymore, that's when you're screwed up, because you're becoming somewhat of a psychopath, and you just don't care about anything, you know, any life whatsoever, you know? That's what-- I mean, you have to be

Danny Trejo Ziplines...

 is exactly the kind of cunning and manipulative act of a psychopath. It's on the cunning, manipulative. So, faking your brain going wrong is evidence that your brain has gone wrong. And I spoke to other experts, and they said the pinstripe suit -- classic psychopath --

Strange answers to the...

 as an amicable psychopath. But you could feel sympathy for the reaction he had when he was told that his favorite painting was actually a forgery. According to his biographer, "He looked as if for the first time he had discovered there was evil in the world."

Paul Bloom: The origins...

 I actually started from the opposite end, with psychopaths. A common approach to understanding basic aspects of human nature, like the desire to help other people, is to study people in whom that desire is missing, and psychopaths are exactly such a group.

Why some people are more...

 and what's the most important part of the brain. So we've been looking at the interaction of genes, what's called epigenetic effects, brain damage, and environment, and how these are tied together. And how you end up with a psychopath, and a killer,

Exploring the mind of a...

 that's leadership and I said shallow effect an inability to experience a range of emotions he said who wants to be weighed down by some nonsense emotions so he was going down the psychopath checklist basically

 I saw people dying and dead on the streets. I felt nothing. Not because I'm a psychopath, but because I never learned the concept of compassion.