Quotes About Authenticity

I don't take very calculated decisions. I just follow my heart.

Coming into 'The Bachelorette,' I always led with a calculated mind and not an open heart.

I'm calculated in other things, but not in what I make.

The minute you start calculating and trying to figure out what a huge audience is going to think, you're going to fail.

There are no calculations in the records I make. I record as many songs as I can. Songs that I think are my best.

Honestly, I am not a huge beauty girl, so I'm pretty low-maintenance, California.

When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.

Before I came out, the thought of someone calling me gay, even when I knew very well that I was, was petrifying.

I think people should be authentic and who they are. If that calls people to same-sex attraction and same-sex marriage, then they should be true to who they are, and I think that the world could benefit by more love.

If David Goffin wants to remain calm and quiet, fine. But perhaps he would enjoy to have a little more freedom to show another side of his personality.

For me, playing the game of football, obviously there's a lot of emotions going on. But I always like to keep calm and just be myself.

If you think and feel what you're supposed to think and feel, hard enough, it'll come out through your eyes - and the camera will see it.

I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?

I don't like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that.

You'll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isn't rolling.

I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way.

I think that I need to work on being comfortable at being normal, everyday-ish on camera.

On 'The City,' I allowed the cameras more into my life and I ended up exactly where I was meant to be.

I wasn't interested in having to live with a camera - I have a hard enough time getting along with myself. I don't need cameras around and all that action.

I'd be a really boring person to have cameras around all day.

I just do me, honestly, I do me. It don't matter if the cameras are there or not, I'd be doing the same thing.

If I put cameras on you every day, you're gonna be emotional and nothing will be perfect. You have to allow people to be people.

A friend is someone you can trust who isn't just your friend when the cameras are rolling or when you're successful.

I think that some people like to be someone other than themselves when acting, while others are most themselves. I fall into the second camp. For me, acting is a great exercise in getting to the truth about myself.