Quotes About Authenticity

I think there are a lot of people who are afraid to be who they are, and if I have to sacrifice a little bit of fame and a little bit of success because I'm being 100 percent truthful with who I am, hopefully that will create a paved way for someone else.

When you raise your voice in song to express what's going on deep inside of you, I think people just react to that because it's so truthful. It's so raw.

That's always fun to play: the person who can be truthful and blunt, and people take it because that's who she is.

You must tell the truth. You must be truthful to yourself and the values of the game that got you there.

I think it's fair to ask how truthful a film is as opposed to how factual it is.

If I were to do some outlandish role, I always made sure I'd be on Johnny Carson to show that I wasn't that person that I played. I'd be myself. And so people got to know me, I think, and I think they know that I'm honest and truthful and real.

I think, at the end of the day, you have to live a truthful life and be true to yourself. You have one life, and everything has to fall into place around that.

I wrote 'Healthy Sick,' from our first LP, when I was 19. I'll happily play it till I'm 91 because it always feels good and truthful.

It's truthful - every single song is an extension of me and a truthful piece of inspiration from my past or something I'm currently going through.

I had gone to acting school for years. It was the kind of thing I had studied to do. I had worked with good coaches and trained to do this my whole life: to be a realistic actress capable of doing truthful work.

When I'm doing a role the one thing I ask is 'Is this believable? am I being truthful?'

As a journalist, as a screenwriter and as a director, I'm trying to tell compelling and truthful stories.

I prize something that feels authentic. It's an undefinable thing, but I know it when I see it, and I think audiences do, too. One of the reasons why 'Bloody Sunday' and 'United 93' work is because they felt real, felt truthful.

It has to come from a truthful place in order to be funny.

If you are honest with yourself and if you want to like what you see in the mirror, is you have to say what you really believe.

No one's ever really given me any style advice. I wear what I want, and it doesn't matter what other people think.

Now go away then, and leave me alone. I don't want any more of your meretricious persiflage.

A lot of people question my image and why I do what I do, and the answer is because this is how I want to present myself.

I'm in a perfect position. I don't want to be more famous and I can't lose sponsors, so I can say anything I want.

Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that - we want it to come from us: naturally, truly, really.

I almost envy people who say whatever they want.

We often pray to be better, when in truth we only want to feel better.

No one who really wants to count for God can afford to play at Christianity.

Focus on identifying your target audience, communicating an authentic message that they want and need and project yourself as an "expert" within your niche.