Quotes About Authenticity

I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about in that book. And so years later, when I was given the role, I just felt a huge responsibility to show the reality of that situation and to show that we're not making it up.

Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.

My eyebrows - they have a life of their own. I don't arch them on purpose; I don't do, like, arching exercises or anything, I promise! I try to maintain a neutral mass, but they just sort of go with whatever the situation is!

The best thing a man can do on a first date is be a friend. I think that's the biggest mistake men make on the first date. Just get to know me. Be my friend. Just kick it with me as if I was hanging with a homeboy. It shouldn't be this awkward situation. It should be that we're there, having a great time.

As a psychologist, I can tell you that there are people who look very good in a group, but they're very different in a one-on-one situation.

Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.

Who names themselves 'The Situation?' I do not take myself seriously like that - not in the least bit - that would be so pretentious.

If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.

I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me.

I try to push and find something awkward. The gems to me are truly awkward situations, and you have to have somebody who's willing to fail because those can't be conceived. They never play if they're thought about and discussed too much. You have to create them right at the moment and look for something honest.

The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.

I have always been attracted to good scripts and try hard to make characters as believable as possible. That means trying to figure out how they would react to situations, what they eat, think, and feel.

I like making music which connects to me and the real situations in life.

When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.

I'm not good at being lionized, and when I'm in 'Grateful Dead'-type situations, that happens.

Everybody should have their own thing, and if he don't want to be a role model, that should be up to him. In the right situations, I can try to help and be a role model, but I'm still gonna speak my mind, and if that affects the role-model deal, then too bad.

I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that's part of the human condition.

Kids don't like being put into boxes, and your kid can act in different ways in different situations.

I'm not confident in social situations; just going up to someone in a bar and saying 'Hi' is going to be even more difficult because they won't know the real me. They will just know me as a fictional person I play on the screen.

I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations.

There have been situations where the people you're around have one vision for you, and it's like trying on a jacket that doesn't fit.

I think probably with any performer, but maybe with rock music especially, the audience wants to see the singer being real, and exploring, and not doing a rehearsed routine, so I'm just constantly looking for new things to try. I'm really curious out there, and my curiosity has led me into all kinds of bizarre situations.