Quotes About Authenticity

Part of what dressing for yourself means requires your understanding that the scrutiny of others is frankly irrelevant.

I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it.

I was quite a different child, I felt isolated. In time, that level of being with yourself crystallises who you are, and you can see what other people are without being blinded by what they want from you.

I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.

I've made the commitment to Canadians that I'm going to stay myself, and I'm going stay open about it, and I'm going to make sure that the thoughtfulness with which I approach issues continues to shine through.

I just sit down and write the best song for the best moment, and however it comes out, it is what it is.

You can be yourself, you can speak up for what you believe in, and if some people don't like it, it is what it is. Not everyone's going to agree with you.

Very few Italian restaurants in Britain do a good job. They're too scared to show you what real Italian food is like because they think you can't handle it, so they dilute it.

The problem many people have with Italian food is they over-complicate it. Italian food is extremely simple.

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast.

In Italy they take cheap cloth and make it look expensive, but I take expensive cloth and make it look cheap. They just don't understand.

I want to prove to my fans that I am beyond candy floss roles and item numbers.

I never wish to have an image of a sexy girl or an item girl.

There's nothing worse than looking as if you've tried too hard or preened to within an inch of your life. If I'm wearing a strong item like a really beautiful dress, then I'll play down my shoes and accessories and make my hair really natural.

Luxury is not a $4,000 T-shirt - that's just an expensive item, the same as if a can of Coca-Cola cost $5,000.

The idea of creating a quote-unquote 'retro' world isn't all that appealing to me by itself.

When you see me play Jack, I want you to believe that that's a gay character.

There's nothing less funny than somebody trying to be funny. I loved Jack Dee, then I met him and I became the least funny human to exist because of my desperation to say something amusing.

There is nobody on earth who could totally impersonate Jack Lewis, because you may look like him from the front or from the side, you may sound like him, but there'll be all sorts of aspects of you that will be very dissimilar to the man.

I like unkempt; I don't mind if I have holes in my jacket or whatever. I think people should look more the way they feel.

I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va!

I'm actually quite proud of the fact that we made a success of ourselves in a donkey jacket and DMs, without any thought to sexualising what we were doing.

I didn't wear a leather jacket, man. I didn't grow up in the '50s.

I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.