Quotes About Authenticity

It's okay', you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay.

Don't change who you are and it's okay to say no.

It's okay to be a freak.

Be yourself. You're okay. And it really doesn't matter what other people think.

One of the first exercises we did in acting class my freshman year was to stand in two rows, two lines facing each other as a class, and just make sounds and move in some completely nonsensical way out into the center of the room. Sort of make an idiot out of yourself, essentially, but to be okay with that.

If you can figure out where you fit into any particular story, you'll be okay. When you're not quite sure where you fit in, you try to be too many parts of the story. You gild the lily. I see it all the time.

I like women who are okay with who they are.

I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.

I feel limited in some ways because I have such young fans. But I'm okay with that; I do everything I want to do.

I know I'm not the 'Indie It Girl' and I'll never have a big breakout, big runaway success. And that's okay.

When a script shows two individuals attracted to each other, why can't they kiss on screen? As far as the scene is honest, not meant to titillate the masses, and, most importantly, I am convinced about it, I am okay with it.

That's something we should be taught as kids: To be okay with ourselves.

I think my biggest learning experience is that it's okay to be who you are - you don't have to exactly fit the mold of what people think a certain kind of career is. I think that discovery - of really knowing who I am and being okay with that and loving myself - was amazing.

I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.

Sometimes you can make friends, and sometimes you can take friends. Sometimes people want to be friends with you, and you gotta be like, 'Okay, I can deal with this person's personality and be their friend, but not necessarily do I have to change who I am. I'm not gonna change myself to be their friend.'

Acting is not hiding to me; it's revealing. We give you license to feel. 'Hey, she's crying, so it's okay if I cry, too.' That's the most important thing in the world, because when you stop feeling, that's when you're dead.

It's okay to be yourself and to love and accept yourself however you are.

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

I didn't live in L.A. I lived in Oklahoma, and I liked to do normal things with normal people.

As beautiful as Oklahoma is, it doesn't have big lights and none of that. But that's fine... I'm a low-maintenance, low-key, chill guy.

Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

Are you really into pop? Are you really into old country? Blues? If you're not honest about your influences, then things don't sound as real as they can be. They're not as sharp a cheddar cheese as they can be. And I'm trying to be the sharpest cheddar I can be.