Quotes About Authenticity

It was never like I had to go, 'I am gay.' Slowly, almost by osmosis, by the way I was behaving, it became obvious and accepted.

I don't belong to the slums, but to play Naru in 'City Of Gold,' I had to live for months in a real chawl before we shot the film.

When you cry, you don't look very attractive; you look snotty and blotchy. People seem to manage to cry quite prettily these days, and to me, that smacks of not being very genuine.

I'm not one of those guys talking smack, because we've seen it catches up to you at some point.

Don't let yourself be small because you want to fit in.

This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. 'Made-in-China' goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We can't manufacture the happiness of our people.

I like the small clubs.

Every actor must go through the process of learning and not just be in a hurry to become famous. They should learn to live in small amounts and not to try and copy others.

I can't abide small talk.

I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut.

I hate small talk! I can't do it.

I don't go see big, silly movies. I like small things about regular folks, you know?

I don't think one gets to choose the kind of comedy he/she does. I may not talk about Rahul Gandhi's take on an ordinance, but I will talk about things as simple as a 'chappal' or a 'sherwani.' My comedy is about small things, and that is how it connects.

My first record was made in Termonfeckin, which is a small town on the north-east coast of Ireland. I had been in London, but it didn't click. So, at home, I didn't think about making something, just whether something could be made. There was no grand plan.

I'm a country guy from a small town, you know, and it comes across as real because it is.

Just being from where I'm from, a little small town, I feel like I'm a good judge of character.

Over time, I have come to believe that 'brave' does not mean what we think it does. It does not mean 'being afraid and doing it anyway.' Nope. Brave means listening to the still small voice inside and doing as it says. Regardless of what the rest of the world is saying.

The smaller an audience is, the more self-conscious they are. People are always looking at each other to see who is laughing. Because the thing about laughter is that it exposes who you are.

I'd be more interested in doing a smaller, character driven thing, rather than another action picture.

Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.

This office is smaller than the last one I had. I'm not trying to impress people. I want to be close to them.

I'm in a kind of weird position where I want to prove that I can do smaller movies.

Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are.

What was I like as a kid? The same as I am now, just smaller with a higher voice.