Quotes About Authenticity

It's time for storytellers to tell the stories that have not had the privilege of being shown to the world, and the audience will be there.

My style is colloquial storytelling. It's the way we tell stories to one another - it's not writerly, it's not overdone.

Earlier films were meant only for entertainment, but now filmmakers, who are products of these times, do not compromise on real stuff. That is why storytelling has become more convincing.

In the end, it's about the reality. You want something that's believable in the performances; you want something that's believable in the storytelling, in the writing. You just want to connect to something that you feel is real.

I feel I'm following my path. I'm living my truth, and my path is storytelling.

I think people love having a person behind a brand who lives it. The idea of storytelling is really important.

The first rule of hip-hop is probably keep it real. And that can mean a lot of different things, but that's certainly important in reporting and storytelling.

I really get that some people like the roots-rock, storytelling thing that I was doing, and I'm proud of that.

It took many years to accept that fantasy is the fuel for my storytelling passion, and without that, I really am a hack, writing for money or approval rather than for the pure delight of storytelling.

The important thing is the storytelling and having a script that makes you feel you're living and breathing through the characters.

As long as your storytelling and emotional depth are intact, that's what people will focus on.

When I work on my own stuff - and I think this is true for anybody - but when you work on something that you just completely own, you are trying to stay as true to your own storytelling voice as you can.

I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day.

I like making people feel things. Acting doesn't seem like lying but like storytelling.

I love storytelling. I love characters that are complicated and layered, real people, that you see why they do what they do.

For me, my brand is good storytelling.

I don't want to be part of films that are just manufactured, and not made with true passion; I only want to be part of interesting, intriguing storytelling.

I get very excited by these hoity-toity directors with their bells and whistles, but I find simple storytelling done really well just as exciting.

The filming happens in my home, and I cook like I do at home, on my home stove with my house pots and so on. That's who I am. I am very true to my real profile.

I've learned a lot over the years, but I am an honest person, and when I'm not happy, I can't fake a smile. If there is a problem, you will know straight away because you will see it on my face.

I'm not an example for how people should live their lives. Never in my life would I ever set out to be an example for people on how to live their lives. If you need an example for how to live, then you just shouldn't have been born. Straight up.

An awful lot of gay pop stars pretend to be straight. I'm going to start a movement of straight pop stars pretending to be gay.

I was convinced I was worth less than my straight peers. I was at best inauthentic, and the longer I went without amending that dishonesty, the more ashamed I felt.

For me, acting comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don't act at all. I think that to feel the character's pain I have to be myself. Somewhere audiences see that.