Quotes About Authenticity

I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

When I go to the shopping centre, I'm not the GC. I'm just there with my mum.

I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling.

I'm probably the least cerebral guy you're ever going to meet as a writer.

No matter how good of an actor I am, I can't un-act having cerebral palsy.

You'll never see me at award ceremonies.

You know, we have our own audience, and it's not like - they just know we're not going to do certain things.

I think that women are raised to believe that they're supposed to want certain things, and so you feel like you're supposed to apologize when you don't want those things.

I think 'Shade Room,' it's a different me. You know, I think it's more on the lyrical side, talking about my life and how I really feel. You know, all these things outside of football. And people really get to look at how I feel about things or how I look at certain things. It's not just a song, more so me just telling people how I feel.

The league wants certain things. They want certain guys. I'm just not one of them. But I can't help the way I am.

And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use.

You need to walk the talk, because you can't expect your organization to behave a certain way that you're not willing to behave.

I love acting, though I don't like the frills around it - red-carpet appearances, dressing up to look a certain way.

Just like any other girl, I felt pressure to look a certain way. Act a certain way.

I am who I am, and I'm not trying to act a certain way that I'm not.

I'm not ever going to - ever going to be able to put on chains and become the Migos.

People have to learn... what do you really want from a live show? Do you want people to stand there and entertain you or to challenge themselves and you? It's live music, it's alive.

My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am.

There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.

I want to be in some Willy Wonka-type weird stuff, a role where I'm an alien. Anything that's new and challenging and real. I like real stuff.

I had a passion and a soul in me that was screaming to be heard, and I had to let them out in as honest and challenging a way as I could.

I take that stage, and I'm the same guy backstage as I am on the stage. And you know what that guy is. That guy is a star. That guy is a champion. That guy is the guy that put '205 Live' on the map.

I'm not concerned with appeasing people with a dream match. What I care about is Neville and my championship. That's all I care about.