Quotes About Authenticity

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and society.

I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are.

It is a waste of time to see people who have only a social surface to show. I will make every effort to find out the real person, but if I can't, then I am upset and cross. Time wasted is poison.

As time passes, I feel more and more a sense of acting being a fundamental part of who I am.

Each time I play a song it seems more real.

The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.

It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.

To see a man as beautiful – means to make him really beautiful. There is no cunning, no deceit; this happens every time, everyone knows that.

I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.

I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.

It is a responsibility to be who you are and not let this sport [racing] change you and not let the good runs and success or the bad runs change you. You've got to be the same person all the time.

It must require bravery to be honest all the time.

I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered that I didn't need to. If the thing is true, why there it is.

Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!

It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are.

I'm definitely the kind of person to wear underwear all the time.

You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time.

I feel vulnerable every single time I step into a classroom. I feel completely exposed.

Whenever someone starts a statement with, Let me tell you the kind of guy I am, that is a great time to start sawing your own head off.

I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.

One of my favorite songs I've ever done is "Who Says," and I was 17 when I recorded that song. It was just so exactly what I felt, during that time. That's when I knew how powerful music is.

When you're hiding behind a character all the time, as soon as you have to be yourself, you feel kind of terrified.

Only make up what you have to. Otherwise, tell as much truth as you can. That means you have fewer lies to keep track of, and you're not as likely to trip yourself up.

I was thinking and feeling was true, no matter how much I had to tell lies everywhere else.