Quotes About Authenticity

I don't want to put on any gimmicky layers just to give the character more definition. I just want to play good characters. It doesn't matter to me if it's 'open ethnicity' or 'specifically Asian.'

My experience is authenticity and honesty always works best with people my age and younger, and even older. Millennials specifically really respond to keeping it real about your opinions.

I don't want anyone to think of me as a pro-Trump guy. I'm going to specifically reject any kind of branding about pro-Trump or whatever.

I want authenticity. And rarely do actors - more specifically, black actors - get a chance to be authentic on film and television.

I think first of all my purpose is to be me. I didn't come here to specifically be a role model or anything.

I take particular care in authenticity and specificity when working in cultures not my own. Every aspect of the filmmaking here was meticulously researched, and not just by me but across every department.

Everything we do on 'Luck' is absolutely no different than if we'd had been doing it in a feature film. There's no short cuts. The specificity of what every single line might mean. Everything Dustin Hoffman does. Kevin Dunn is as authentic in the last scene of the last episode as he is in the first scene of the first episode.

Love is universal, luckily, but also in general I've found that whenever I've been the most specific in my stand-up, revealing some weird neurosis or quirk I'm ashamed of, that's what people relate to the most. Specificity is key!

Showy displays of love don't come naturally to everyone. They don't come naturally to me. They also come with a risk: a risk of rejection, being made to feel silly, or making yourself into a spectacle.

I'm always at the opposite end of the spectrum, the opposite of hipster culture, and I enjoy that.

Any kind of gender expression is performance for me, regardless of where it is on the spectrum.

I was just trying to fit into a certain spectrum. Just like, basic rap.

Seeking approval and people pleasing forces you to alter your actions and speech to no longer reflect what you actually think or feel.

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

Donald Trump giving a speech on Islam is like me giving a speech titled, 'The Best Haircuts to Have If You Really Want to Succeed in Corporate America.' I could do it. But I'd mostly be making it up as I went along.

I'm not trying to make a speech on CD because who wants to buy that?

I am bipolar, and I am a full manifestation of it in terms of my speech, in terms of my energy.

Maybe strong leaders are not quite as alluring as we think, and we should celebrate the fact that our leaders are just like us. Just because one candidate can't remember his whole speech and the other likes to put his feet up on the job doesn't mean they can't govern.

Personal style isn't simply an exercise in parroting but rather an exhibition for our own stories - from the gait of our walk to the rhythm of our speech to the manner in which the necktie falls from the knot.

Joan Rivers broke down barriers, advocated for free speech, and never apologized for who she was.

Giving a true speech, a true, passionate speech, is old-school football.

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

I'm not sure a lot of companies know their story, or can explain why they exist and who they are, without just spewing just corporate speech.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.