Quotes About Authenticity

Being interviewed is an odd experience for me because I was an actor a long time before anyone ever asked me a question about myself. When I started being interviewed, I definitely felt I was being asked to defend or explain myself.

Frankly, the idea that we need to be beautiful, if you really think about it, it's odd. But if you can turn it inward and see yourself as beautiful, that's what changes the world.

I always enjoy fight scenes and being grubby and bloody and not having to look good. I prefer that very much, as odd as that sounds.

I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn't be an oddity.

Getting all dressed up and putting on fancy clothes - all of that's a great thing, but oddly, it doesn't really have a lot to do with acting most of the time.

Don't be afraid to show off who you are.

The person I am on the court is not who I am off the court.

I don't want to be in everyone's face. I'm a big music fan, and I get really pissed off when it gets like that... and I don't want people to get like that with me.

I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.

I don't see how can I offend Mexicans with the truth. It is what Mexicans want to hear.

You should live hoping you are going to offend people, because then you're doing something.

You can only make the best thing you can make, and if it offends purists, or angers certain critics, you can only have done your best.

John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth.

You just can't go wrong when you're honest. If somebody's offended by that, it's really quite too bad.

You can't always worry about offending people.

I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me.

We have more to offer than just looking good.

I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction.

If you only live in the world of the actor, and if you only live in the world of auditions, etc., then you don't really have a whole lot to offer when it comes to playing the humans that you're trying to audition for.

A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.

If I have anything to offer as an actor, it's only my ability to make the person real.

Nobody is more individual than you, so be confident with who you are and what you have to offer because everybody has got things to offer.

You have nothing to offer if you're just some machine actress.

What I have to offer as a writer/director is the stuff with the feeling in it.