Quotes About Authenticity

You want to stake your own claim. You don't want to be called a copycat.

When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.

I don't want to make a 100 hundred million dollar movie I have no stake in.

I'm still fighting really hard to get any role I get. If it's comedy, I go for the laughs. And if it's drama, I try to tell the truth, and try to play the real stakes of whatever scenario the character's in.

I'm all about showing people that I'm a little messed up, I have a lot of the same problems you have. By exposing myself and putting myself out there, people can relate to me and my act won't grow stale. I mean, nobody wants to hear a comedian say, 'Life is great.'

It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.

I would ruin my credibility if I put my stamp of approval of anything I didn't do my due diligence on.

Music has lost the stamp of originality.

I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.

I don't like to use my last name. I don't like it attached to things because people think you can just stamp your name on something, and it's not organic or that you're just doing it for money.

I must admit, I don't try to put my stamp on anything; it just happens. I don't really know how to think another way.

I just want to put my stamp on all kinds of music. Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street-based, street-oriented.

Just hear Senator McCain speak. He may not give you the answer you are looking for, he may not be in agreement with you on a stance or an issue, but the man is honest to a fault.

I'm trying to protect what I advertise. That's my stance on any kind of self-expression.

Don't try to fit in or stand out - just be yourself.

I can't stand fake people. I can feel it when someone feigns it.

I think life would be a lot easier if people were able to stand in their mistakes and not backtrack. If you did something wrong, own it. Like, hold your own.

All I have is my truth, and all I have is my truth to stand on it.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

I don't do anything specific for the stage. I'm just myself. I can't stand still for five seconds. I'm normally quite active, so that just comes out on stage. If I see people react to me and my music, I just have to give back and express myself.

I don't know if it's changing already with 'Joanne,' but my intention is to bring people together that don't know each other and that would maybe feel awkward, but somehow be brought together by the music. That's what I wanted to do. Because that is pure and authentic to my family history and what I stand for.

We did want to stand for something, not just cute girls with cute concepts. Everything we talk about has meaning behind it.

People have this misconception that I'm going to beat them up when I meet them. But it's like... no. Just 'cause I stand up for myself, and I'm honest, that doesn't mean I'm going to beat people up all the time.

It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true.