Quotes About Authenticity

I'm sure there's going to be some material from This Is Not Going To Be Pretty. I usually use that song to just introduce myself to the audience, although the patter in between the song is always different.

The first album is an introduction, and when people listen to it top to bottom, I want them to know me.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

I was very introverted. You know, I had my close group of friends, but I really didn't care what the cool kids were doing.

When a movie is called 'searingly honest,' it's almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.

Cultural appropriation is a big problem, but the thing is, I didn't invent my life. I really lived in Africa.

You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself.

I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows out of my having invented myself as a listener so that I could hear her voice.

Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know.

Something that I've cared about deeply my whole career is getting to work with filmmakers and inventors of stories that are hysterical because they are just so painfully true.

A lot of what I say isn't my real thoughts, it's this character, and maybe that's true for a lot of comedians. It's really the inversion of my thoughts.

I remember being on this film once, and people said, 'You're not on Instagram or Facebook - what's your deal?' They said, 'In this industry, if you want to do well, people want to invest in who you are.' I said, 'I'm an actor, not a celebrity - they watch my acting, and hopefully that's enough.'

Invest in brands that make you feel good and that you believe in.

The more time we invest imitating others, the less that's available to discover and be ourselves.

I do crazy amounts of research. I want this stuff to 'work,' so to speak. I need to be, at least to me, believable - because if I feel - if I cannot invest some element of verisimilitude, the reader is absolutely not going to buy in.

When I went out to America, and someone wanted to sign me and invest in me, that was a big moment because, all my life, people have been trying to tell me to be different to what I was.

I'm just someone who cannot fake it. I can only do something with my full heart invested or just not do it at all.

As I've said before, and I still hold to, I truly am the most boring person alive. And if there was a great investigation to be found at the end of the resume, it would be, the most boring person alive.

I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.

I think with most things online, if you treat your audience like friends instead of like Impressions and Clickthrough Percentages and Returns On Investment, then you're off to a great start.

As a small brand, we do it all. We don't need an investor. We would never go anywhere or do anything where we feel it would compromise what we do.

On stage, I feel like I'm invincible, like nothing bad can happen. I can be myself. I feel like I shrink when I'm off stage.

I wanted to be as invisible as possible as an artist. I wanted to differentiate between myself and who I'm writing about.