Quotes About Authenticity

I don't want to have to think about what is right; I want to live right. And what that means to me is going to be different to some of my fans, some of their parents, and some other role models.

Those old '90s models when women were just themselves and they were real and they were embraced that way - I think we should get back to that.

I do believe that models should be older now. You tell girls to go and catwalk and be sexy, but some of these girls have never even experienced their first kiss, so they don't understand how to be like that.

There's a depth to the look that you get with models that you just can't get with CGI. It's about the detail that you just wouldn't think to put in.

I believe women need to hear stories and see images that they can identify with, not media-fabricated ideals that even the 'role models' themselves can't live up to.

A lot of models say you aren't a real model unless you've lived in a model apartment with six or seven girls.

People who were gay were pitied and ridiculed by my parents - they had no modern sense of people being allowed to be who they were.

My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.

French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism.

I think it is rather 'unsexy' to go under the knife and modify your appearance.

Shah Rukh Khan is a self-made man, and he does inspire with what he does. It is foolish to think that one can try and imitate or modify what he does. I have been original in my performances so far.

If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.

Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know that's part of the job, but I don't feed into anyone's idea of who I should be.

This industry will shape you and mold you, and if you're willing to compromise yourself and let yourself change too much, then you're not really gonna know you are anymore.

I would love more stories with strong characters of color who don't always fit the mold that Hollywood has created in the past.

My grandmother was the best. She loved you for you. She loved me for me. She was old-school. They broke the mold with her. They don't make them like that any more.

It's easy to think you have to fit some kind of mold.

I have so many single girlfriends who fit themselves into the mold of what they think a guy's looking for. But being comfortable around men is about being comfortable with yourself. They gravitate toward confidence. Really, that is what they want to be around.

It was me that was holding myself back because I felt like I had to fit into this mold of what people want to see.

I always say I never felt 'latched' to a gender. I just kind of always felt like myself, and I never felt like I had to do certain things or be a certain way to fit into a certain mold.

I never liked feeling like the world needed to have labels on everything, whether it's people or categories of music. I think everyone should be what they want to be, and you shouldn't have to look a certain way in order to fit this mold or that mold.

My jewelry's all fake - from Claire's. Or I get it from my mom's boutique in Barbados.

I mean, if a camera's on you all the time, you don't get real moments.

This is how God made me, and this is what my momma gave me. I am proud of this.