Quotes About Authenticity

I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad.

Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.

If I signed it that is the way it really happened. I don't know of any individuals who are saying anything different. I have no idea what is going on with that.

I counterfeited Mark Kostabi's artworks. During the eighties, Mark didn't paint his own paintings. Instead, he had other artists painting them, and he just added his signature. So what I did was to use some of the same painters, and signed his name myself.

I knew I wasn't going to write a record as soon as I got signed, because I hadn't had any life experiences. I was still at school, and I wasn't going to write about that.

I'm convinced part of the reason I got signed is because of who I am, and it makes me sad.

Somebody saw me on 'Cheers' and thought that I was an actor playing a part as opposed to a guy just doing what he knew. And they gave me 'Night Court.' And by the time they realized I wasn't an actor, I had already signed a five-year contract.

Why do we have to pretend we're not in the sales game? I didn't sign on to be a salesman. I signed on to be an actor.

Just because someone signed up for something or takes advice or has managers or works in entertainment or show business with other people doesn't mean they don't have a brain, okay? It doesn't mean that they're not a real person.

Football is not always as glamourous as some might imagine, as the story of the first time I signed Marouane Fellaini perhaps illustrates.

Being signed to a major label was never an option because I knew having the time to find out who you are without pressure from other people is so important.

I still get the bus into town, still do all the things I used to before I was signed.

I never really dyed my hair anything significant from my natural hair color.

I have always tried to play significant characters and have never done cheap comedy.

No man wants to feel that he's there because of his woman's biological clock or because he's filling a job opening for husband or significant other.

I'm not a signing or dancing man.

Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.

I think, what happened with 'Dead Silence' is that other people told us that we should be doing that and now that I look back, I realize, 'should' is not a word that comes into an art. It's whatever you're feeling like doing.

I was pursuing my acting career, but I was silent on the LGBT issue, the issue that was closest to me. I knew if I came out then, I'd have had to change careers.

Learning to be your natural self in front of five cameras and a silent studio takes time. Trying to be funny under duress is probably a lot like trying to play golf relaxed under pressure.

I'm not going to run or be silent for fear of keeping a fan base.

On 'Raw,' I'm more of a strong, silent type because I don't need to talk it up because I can back it up. But on 'Total Divas,' it's definitely different, because I'm unapologetically myself. I speak my mind, I'm goofy, and I like to have fun.

If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, you'll see something of the difference between Homer's poetry and anyone else's. There seem to be real leaves still alive in the 'Iliad,' real animals, real people, real light attending everything.

The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness.