Quotes About Authenticity

I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done.

I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct. You just say what you have to say, and if they don't like it, it's OK.

I had been thinking for a while about how bored and tired I was of playing straight-down-the-middle everymanish characters that have what I call white guy problems. And I missed playing characters who lacked dignity and more importantly, lacked social skills.

I've been acting professionally since I was 15 years old, and after a while, you get really tired of people telling you one thing and then doing another.

I'm not tired of who I am. That would be sad!

I think people are tired of fake music, man. And there's a lot of it. Technology has reached the point where any boob can walk into a studio and with a little AutoTuning you can have a hit song. I think it's pathetic.

I got tired of books where the boy is a bit thick and the girl's very clever. Why does it have to such an opposition? Why can't they be like the girls and boys that I know personally, who are equally funny and equally cross? Who get things equally wrong and are equally brave? And make the same mistakes?

After so much reality TV and confessional celebrity interviews, the public is tired of accessible stars. Who needs them to be 'Just Like Us?' 'Just Like Us' means just as boring as we are.

There are times a country is so tired of bull that only the truth can provide relief.

We all know that much of what we hear in life is not really so. Canned laughter and 'sweetened' applause have been TV staples for decades, and all the slamming doors, breaking glass and squealing tires you hear in movies are sound effects.

I don't have to put on a front. If I had to, it would be difficult and tiring.

It was really tiring always pretending to be someone else. Not my life, not my real name, nothing.

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?

The truth of the matter is, things that feel spontaneous have a much longer life than things that have got a lot of burnt brain tissue to make them perfect.

I stay away from the title of 'role model.' I want to be a more realistic role model - not a perfect Barbie role model.

Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on.

I think the best thing that I can do is be myself. I don't know about being a role model; I think placing that sort of title on myself is too much. It's trying to be this thing that puts loads of pressure on something.

The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very accurate.

Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow.

Though I'm a congresswoman by title, a politician I've never been.

I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona. With my children, I'm just 'Mom.' At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.

The heel I want to be is real mouthy, which is fine, but I want to be a guy that can be taken seriously to win the world title.

I don't sit around thinking about my titles and roles; I just do what feels right.