Quotes About Authenticity

I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself.

Being broke and being in the street does not mean that you're keeping it real. I think that everybody that lives in a non-wealthy neighbourhood spends their time and energy trying to do everything they can to better their living standards. I'm no different.

You just need to be accepted for who you are and be proud of who you are and that is what I'm trying to do.

I'm not somebody that's trying to be somebody else. I'm being myself for the most part and people respect that.

If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art.

I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.

I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.

I'm not trying to be this cool girl. If you're trying to be something you're not, it's slowly going to bite you in the butt.

I'm not trying to fit in with nobody. I'm just me.

Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone... Bad food is fake food... food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people's ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.

You have to be confident in who you are and what you're doing. Of course, you try to evolve. I would never tell you, 'Today is the best I will ever be.' I'm always trying to be a better chef, a better dad, a better person.

I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.

In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one of the people that told me this, I know how you can only last in this business if you got something special to offer, just by being yourself.

I'm trying to be as real as I can and I'm being myself. I'm not gonna create an act.

If we get out there trying to be inspirational, then we probably won't be.

I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity. You can feel when something's authentic, and you can feel when it's not: you know when someone's trying to make the club record, or trying to make the girl record, or trying to make the thug record. It's none of that. It's just my emotions.

There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not.

Forget trying to be sexy. That's just gruesome.

If you're real, you've never got anything to hide away from. You're not trying to fake anything, you're not trying to have this other persona - you're just yourself. And if I could be myself for as long as possible, I will.

I'm an honest dude, not trying to be anything other than who I am.

I am trying to be a good person. I am trying to be myself, and if nobody likes me for me, that is their problem.

I'm very proud of what I do and anything I do I represent, I feel like myself and my brand and if somebody's trying to be negative, I don't really read comments online.

I'm not trying to make everything this fantasy world about how I'm living this lavish life that I'm not really living.

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.