Quotes About Authenticity

I am a straight, non-alcoholic, non-partying guy who speaks straight. I have no knowledge of literature. This is my language of communication, and what I see, what I observe, I reflect.

A voice and an accent are two very different things. The voice of a man is how he speaks from his heart, right in the middle of him... And then you stick an accent on top of that.

I appreciate actors who work very hard to get at the truth of the character they're playing. That speaks to me, and I try to protect that process because I value the focus and intention behind it.

Any show that speaks to people of color feels the burden to never mess up, never make its characters look bad - to always get it right.

I want to do work of meaning that speaks to a greater depth of who I am.

I find it really difficult when you make a movie where it is set in Russia and everyone speaks in English. It drives me crazy.

People had boxed me in as a 'pretty girl with followers that's rapping,' but I think my project and the work speaks for itself.

I've worked hard and tried to approach my career with as much honesty and integrity as possible. I've also had many blessings along the way and feel very fortunate to have a career that speaks so much to my soul.

I'm someone who speaks my mind, so it was important to me that my publisher value originality and creative expression.

'Hanna' doesn't maintain social norms. She doesn't have those boundaries. She speaks her mind and is very physical and funny.

Sometimes in the mainstream movies, a character who is from the South is portrayed by a person who looks like a South Indian but speaks in fake accent.

When you grow up in the music industry, trying to be Britney Spears because that's what sells records and then you realize, 'All I have to do is be myself? I should have thought of that a long time ago,' it feels good to have success come from what's actually inside of you.

While I'm not thinking I'll be the next Britney Spears, as long as I'm happy with myself that's all I want.

You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.

I don't see myself as somebody special. I just see myself as Aaron, the same guy I've been all my life.

I believe that I'm a special player. I think people love the way I just try to play. I don't try to impress anyone when I'm playing or anything. I just have a feel for the game.

There is a beauty and a special quality in being what I am. I know it, and I've learned how to use it.

I take my job seriously. It's a very special process, you have to be connected with what you are singing.

In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water and clay, to dry it in the air from the sun. This brings you back to the element of life.

I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me.

I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element.

Whenever I see pointless use of special effects, I reach for something else.

When you do action stuff and sci-fi stuff, you have a lot to hide behind - the hair and the makeup and the special effects. But when you play a normal girl, it's challenging because you have to trust yourself.

Special effects are becoming more and more affordable and looking more and more like the real thing.