Quotes About Authenticity

There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.

If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

Opinion free brands simply will struggle to survive in the future - of that simple reason that we increasingly want to associate ourselves with opinionated and authentic brands.

I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time.

Fans want you to be something super-human, something that's impossible for any human being to be.

Honestly I don't like to write songs that often, only when I feel like I need to and when I've got something that I really want to sing about.

A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.

It made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends not to be in pain.

I'm always writing to a younger version of myself, or a young woman who is like I was. I want that girl to know that I really existed and that it all went down that way.

I've never made films for children. That's why children like my films. Nobody wants to be treated as a baby.

They (voters) want to know what's the truth. They're not interested in a chameleon.

It's incredible what we can do if we really want to do it. All we need is to be aware of what we are doing and to return to the authenticity we were born with.

Sometimes we don't want to accept who we really are, and we lie to each other, to ourselves.

I don't care what any writer says about me ... I just want to play my game.

I don't think you play for other people's expectations, you know. You don't go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don't become a coach because somebody wants you to.

I take no notice of the trends. It has never concerned me at all. My job is to deal with what I want to deal with and reach an audience by doing so.

I actually live a very mediocre lifestyle. So I decided to step back and do things not just for the sake of doing them, but because I believe in them and I want to do them.

I think that when a person is insecure about who they are or who they want to be, then it translates on screen, and the choices they make are all about perception.

When it's a comedy or drama or horror or romance, it's all the same. You want to be honest with the character. You want to play truthfully and you want to be genuine with your character.

I'm going to tell my contestants: Be Bernie Sanders. Be the person people want and love.

I'm a smart enough person to know that I don't want everyone to be cookie-cutter versions of the nine guys who wear Converse sneakers.

I won't give up what I enjoy to look perfect. I want to find a happy medium between feeling good about my body and still having a beer and some barbecue.

My fans know me and love me the way I am. I dont want to lie to my fans.

My goal is to make one-not a hodgepodge, but just the sort of record that I would want to listen to.