Quotes About Authenticity

Comedy is drama. I think that if your characters are feeling something that is very real, then they have to respond in a way that feels real to them, and some situations, the only response you could possibly have is to respond in a way that's so extreme that people are going to laugh.

For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.

My coming out, like most people's, was and is a gradual process - for no matter how out one is, there are always situations when one's with people who don't know, and one has the choice or, sometimes, the necessity of coming out to them.

I don't see any harm with coming out and talking about your life and talking about problems and talking about things that happened when you're past certain situations.

I'm not really crazy about broad comedy. I like very possible, real situations that you might have found yourself in.

Being closeted often put me in situations where I couldn't concentrate or even think straight.

I find that talking about myself is often the most boring thing in the world. Sixty per cent of interviews I find mechanical.

We all have friends and loved ones who say 60's the new 30. No. Sixty's the new 60.

When you are truly you and share who you are with the world and be confident in who you are, it doesn't matter what size you are. It doesn't matter what your different body parts look like.

I couldn't care less about who sees my bits... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!

The plus size movement is not just about fashion; it's about body image, and if we're doing a shoot, they won't retouch us at all. That's the cool thing: there's no retouching at all because we want to give girls the truth, not a fabrication.

Success isn't about being the biggest. It's about letting the right size find you.

No one cares about your logo, nor the font size that's on your site.

I'm not into street clothes. Don't understand it. I don't understand those over-exaggerated jean sizes so they hang off your back... I just don't understand it.

All our old record reviews were like, 'Oh, these skate punk kids, blah, blah, blah.' And I don't skate, and we're not skate punks.

So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting.

For me, part of one my big movements is building authentic street environments for skateboarding.

What irritates me are bands that pretend they've never heard of the Misfits or Danzig, but they've got the skeleton shirt.

I have always been open about the way I live my life, because hiding skeletons in the closet and presenting a picture-perfect image is not my style.

If I were to run for office, my skeletons would come dancing out of the closet in a can-can.

Not many skeletons left in my closet because I invite them to dance all over the front room!

I don't have any skeletons in my closet.

The best thing about me is there are no skeletons.

I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.