Quotes About Authenticity

I got interviewed by one writer who started with the line, 'Mary Gauthier is a woman who clearly doesn't care how she looks.' I do too. It's just that I'm not very good at it.

For some people, being bare-faced is wonderful. Others like a little bit of mascara and eyeliner.

I don't wear mascara. No mascara.

There aren't a whole lot of people in culture that are unapologetically masculine.

The way I dress, the way I talk, the way I do things, what I say on Twitter - it's just like, that's who you are, so don't try to mask who you are just because of what other people think of you.

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

I don't wear any masks. If I am happy, you get to see it; if I am angry, then you get to see that also.

I don't really do any sprays or masks. I usually think that my hair looks and feels best with less in it.

We all have to wear social masks in our daily lives to get by.

The masks, for us, are more of a way to present ourselves live, you know?

I'm not really a mass market writer.

You want to reach people, but you also want to reach them in the most authentic way. You now have a mass market and an audience that's listening, but they're in love with a song that means absolutely nothing to you.

The coming out video was not just for the masses, but also for many people in my family.

I'm actually a massive dork; people just don't know that.

I'm never massively concerned about what somebody is wearing, as long as it makes them feel really good about themselves.

Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.

The audience will find the artist who matches their interests. If you're not being true to yourself, your audience can't find you, because there's a wall up between who you are and who they're seeing.

I don't know anything about politics, so I don't do political material.

We're not quite mainstage material. We're more like outhouse material!

I'm really not a materialistic person.

My mates are absolute nutters. They're all Essex boys in the true sense and they definitely keep my feet on the ground.

If I try to age more naturally without caging myself in, I believe I'll be able to become a more mature adult.

I come across as a very serious and mature girl but there is also a mad and funny side to me which I hope the house is comfortable enough that it comes out naturally. The thing is this side of me is only known to people I am comfortable with.

I was a young, messed-up kid who didn't mature until he became a Christian. That was in 2008 - the rest of my life, I'd been living a lie.