Quotes About Authenticity

We did not see ourselves as remaking cinema at the time, at least not in my view. Myself and the other actors were not part of the industry; we weren't inside the star system. We were running around, shooting in the streets, hiding behind trees to do our makeup. It was a very simple way of working.

Our culture is intent on taking the lines out of people's faces - surgically, with costly creams, and with fear and trembling - when, in fact, the opposite should be the case. As artists know, if there is anything behind a face, that face improves with age.

Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.

The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.

Whenever you're telling a story about true-life events and about real people, there's a tremendous responsibility-slash-burden to get it right.

We have made tremendous progress. But there are still too many kids in our country who grow up feeling like they have to hold on to this secret about who they are because, if anyone finds out it, could cost them everything.

Authentic discovery, when captured on camera, I think, is tremendous acting.

I found myself trying to be all things to all people. I felt a tremendous sense of responsibility and the pressure of expectation.

In my research, I've interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call 'different': scientists, artists, thinkers. And if you drop down deep into their work and who they are, there is a tremendous amount of self-acceptance.

A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now' - and speaking sincerely.

There's still a tremendous amount of homophobia out there in the world, but it is what it is. I am who I am, and the people in my life are who they are, and they love us, hate us, for whatever reason. It is what it is.

I've been saying to people for a long time, 'If you're not doing something you're tremendously excited about, and you're not feeling passionate about it, you're compromising yourself every day.'

The real, raw, driven-to-tears type scenes have always scared me since I was very young working as an actor. And to this very day, I get tremendously neurotic making sure nothing is forced or fake.

Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.

Just because something is on trend, it might not work for you.

The new trend in MMA is to talk trash and curse to get a fight, but I'll never change who I am.

People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.

Never let a trend get in the way of creating a great outfit for yourself.

The general trend in television is to be more transparent, and that is especially true for women: to not pretend that we wake up with our hair in perfect shellacked bobs.

I believe someone should be able to dress according to the mood they're in. It shouldn't be forced and you shouldn't have to follow a trend.

Style is all about being comfortable. I don't believe in following a style because it is a trend. I need to be comfortable in my clothes.

No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants.

I think it is very important to learn to say 'No.' I think it is sometimes important for brands or the creative director to learn to say, 'This might be on trend, but it is not right for us.'