Quotes About Authenticity

I am not a hypocrite.

I don't want people to think I'm a hypocrite.

If the writing is good, then the writing is already funny. All you have to do is make this funny writing true to the very deepest of your heart, and the fact that you are capable of making this true will be hysterical.

John Goodman has such a good way of breaking the ice. He's so good at being himself. A lot of people aren't really good at that. He knows that he's a legend. He knows that he's one of the greatest.

Honestly, the only reason 'Ice Cream' happened was because it wasn't a commercial film.

For me, in a world full of armies of stylists and makeup artists, what I think truly makes a fashion icon is how a girl dresses when she's off duty and she has to put her own looks together - no small challenge!

I was not creating icons when I wrote the 'The X-Men' and the 'The New Mutants.' I was creating people.

My beauty icons - and this sounds cheesy - have a beauty that comes from inside.

I had no fake ID and looked 14 until my first grey hairs came in a couple of years ago.

It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with it, but when you walk away, that's not you.

You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal - it just feels stifling.

There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.

The constant pressure to be the perfect, ideal female - there's no such thing.

I am not in the habit of making ideal claims.

There's all these idealistic things that TV and movies tell you that you should want to be. And when you're growing up, you find out what you really care about and what really matters.

People sometimes are afraid to be who they are because of other people's ideals.

I think it's very important to do things the way you want to do them and be true to yourself, your own goals, and your own ideals.

Well, I think any actor can probably identify with being a professional liar. You don't always look at yourself that way, but I know a lot of days I do.

In my own writing, I tend to be very honest, and my goal is to identify something people think but are afraid to say. That's not the general cultural expectation of women.

Once you start classifying and trying to identify your own comedy style, you've ceased to be funny.

Whether it was 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' or whether it's 'LSTCK,' the characters are real, and when you see them on screen, you can identify with them.

I identify as black.

I definitely identify with female leads more; I identify with real female leads, people who are flawed and have issues and make mistakes, so that the characters represent what I'm about.

I'm a real brother. I'm an East Coast dude. I have the experiences that I feel a lot of people who identify with me can relate to.