Quotes About Authenticity

Playing a real-life character is a challenge and a huge responsibility.

One of the things I love about Helena Bonham Carter is that she is ravishing, but she does as much as she can to play it down and look funny. She doesn't let her looks get in the way. I hugely respect that.

I've never felt that I had to take a role in one of those mediocre but hugely budgeted romantic comedies because I want to wear beautiful dresses and have people think I'm pretty and that I get the guy.

Hulk is Hulk 24 hours a day, Ric Flair is Ric Flair 24 hours a day. There are some guys that no matter what environment they're in or what the scenario is, they're that guy because they really are that guy.

I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.

I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic.

Ed O'Neill is just a good, good human being.

Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and make people laugh or cry. At some point you have to take off that mask, and when you do, you're a human being, not just an actor. After all, I'm Catherine the person first. You share that.

I am a human being. I have anxiety. I have doubts. And I'm not afraid to put it out there.

I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.

I'm not a perfect human being.

I'm only a human being. I'm not a robot.

There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.

All I know is that when I go somewhere, I'm not an autobot. I am a human being. I am not an actor.

I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it.

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

My friends are real human beings. They and my family keep me very grounded.

On some level, we as human beings can be who we want to be.

Buying food from farmers and people that I know adds that human element that I love.

I just don't play a character for the heck of it. Rather, I always look for a human element in every character that I play.

Bigg Boss' is all about human emotions, it's not a formatted show.