Quotes About Authenticity

My name is very often associated with parties and entertaining, but it's not true. I am not such a party person.

I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.

I don't attend costume parties.

So many writers live their whole lives in rooms. You can be too civilised in the environment you have around you, too oriented towards speaking engagements and literary festivals and dinner parties. That has no interest for me these days. You get to a point where you don't care anymore. At that point, you can start to write.

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.

Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that.

If you're not willing to let your partner see your cellulite or know your biggest fears, then you aren't really ready to share yourself.

The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.

People do struggle to meet a partner in the 21st Century with online dating and people not really being who they seem to be.

I been seeing other people work with Belaire like DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, and stuff like that. But other than that, I just wanted to work with them because they showed me mad love and were genuine when we were locking in the deal. For me, it had to make sense and be genuine, and this partnership definitely felt that way.

What I love so much about being a part of Umbro and the partnership is they authentically let me be me.

I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.

People do ask, 'Are you going to embellish this stuff?' I wouldn't change any of my guitar parts.

Authenticity doesn't just mean you're not filtering what you're saying, it's about being able to know and access the best parts of yourself and bring them forward.

Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.

I feel like I've come off as an outspoken woman. Sometimes I think I've come off as confrontational. But I feel like it's been pretty fair. Those are parts of me.

What you are is what you are, and I don't think you should ever fight it. But as an actor, I feel lucky to play different parts.

I don't fit into the yummy mummy box, I'm not a party girl anymore, I'm just me.

I'm always painted as a party girl, which was true for my 20s. It's taken a long time to shake off that gobby, in-your-face image. I'm actually quite chilled out.

Drinking and partying never appealed to me in lyrics - they don't have a lot of meaning behind them.

I am a simple girl and do not like partying. Whatever parties I attend are small ones, with my own friends.

Many introverts feel there's something wrong with them, and try to pass as extroverts. But whenever you try to pass as something you're not, you lose a part of yourself along the way. You especially lose a sense of how to spend your time.

I'm not someone who plays hard to get. This whole thing about 'Oh, let's exchange numbers' and then people wait four or five days before they call you? I don't see the point. If you feel something, why would you let that pass? You only live once.

I don't pass judgment on anybody, but personally, I prefer a more natural look. I think it's helping my longevity in my career because I'm playing my age.