Quotes About Authenticity

In a Photoshopped world, only the skeptical eye prevails.

I'm a pretty skeptical person, and I'm a realistic person.

I am always a little skeptical when I see people talking about how much money they have.

People do tend to be extremely skeptical, especially of YouTubers - and rightly so.

We're very skeptical of people who are too perfect.

The whole thing with the Rick James story sketch and the Prince story sketch - I recounted my past, you know? - and that's what I was doing. It's not like I sat down and said I want to come up with a great story about Rick James. That stuff really happened.

If you don't like the people, you're just doing a sketch. Which, in most cases, is comedy minus some emotional backbone.

I've always felt, even with sketches, that if you don't care about these people, then it doesn't matter.

Do I post pictures of my overflowing laundry basket or the dirty dishes by the sink? No, I'll probably post a pic of the finished meal looking pretty. We're all skewed in what we show.

It's a really skewed part of our culture that happiness is the end-all be-all. The people that force themselves to be happy all the time often end up being the most broken.

I want to prove to the skeptics that I'm not a clown. I'm very serious about what I do. I want to be a good ski jumper who has a sense of humor.

I don't do ski racing to be famous.

I don't know how to do anything else and lack any skill that would be applicable on a resume. Drag is what I know. The gigs are my life.

Acting is many things. Acting is playing lines, of course, but it's much more profound than that. Acting is truth-telling and trying to find the truth in a human situation, which will be sketched out by a screenwriter with all the skill that a screenwriter can do; but in the end, that's just the map of the journey.

In a time when it is common for chefs to simply reproduce the innovations of others, the few who speak for themselves through their food become the skilled artists of their time.

I am not skilled enough or energetic enough to craft a persona. I just have to be who I am and hope people like it.

I'll admit, I'm not very skilled with applying makeup, myself, and the natural approach has always worked for me just fine.

No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just a gimmick, it's going to fall apart anyway.

I don't have that X factor; I have to bank on my skills, be true to my character, and hope to be accepted.

I'm a very what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of person, and my family always laughs at me. They're like, 'You have minus-zero poker-face skills. We just have to look at your face and we know what's wrong with you.'

I would not say that secret-keeping is one of my finer skills, actually.

Beauty is being comfortable and confident in your own skin.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

Just let your skin breathe.