Quotes About Authenticity

One of the things I can't stand about this town is the back-stabbing. Where I grew up, we're front-stabbers.

Joanna is a strong female character, and I love playing her. But one of the things about her is that she always says exactly what she's thinking.

One thing that you can't fake is chemistry.

One thing I'm not going to do is change up anything. Like, I'm always gonna be me.

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

To be called one thing, is oftentimes to be another.

I find it quite boring when people do things that are very considered and thought through. I like things best when they're just done because they're fun or beautiful, or simply because they are what that one person wanted to do at that one time.

I'll never forget one time a fan came up to me crying, and told me, 'You really inspire me to be me. I feel OK to be myself now.'

I would give anything if it went back to analog age. I mean, music was so real, and you had to sing everything on a record; you had to play everything on a record. There was no cut-and-paste - you couldn't get the chorus right one time and then paste it every other time; you really had to be good at what you did.

I'm used to one-dimensional female friendships. It's become a kind of trope.

We're moving away from the one-dimensional nature for women. It used to be that you were known for one thing - a cultural thing, the way you walk, talk or look. Now everybody is allowed to be a layer cake.

I don't know any women who are one-dimensional, so why would I play one?

I'm not a one-hit wonder who got lucky. This really is my life. I was born with this talent, and this is what I meant to be. I'm totally grateful.

I've never even come close to having a one-night stand.

Let's be real, I've got a receding hairline, I'm slow and I'm probably not the most jacked up with abs and all that, but I'm still going to beat you one-on-one.

I just thought that if you are going to do a one-woman show you need to come with it, you know? Don't just stand there doing characters. You need to have something to say.

There's a oneness to showing yourself to an audience. They feel that. It's healthy. That's what acting is all about.

A man is, after all, what he loves. But one always feels cornered when asked to explain why one loves this or that person, and what for. In order to explain it - which inevitably amounts to explaining oneself - one has to try to love the object of one's attention a little bit less.

The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.

Nothing is harder than to accept oneself.

It's very unmanly to change yourself for others. Be comfortable with oneself. There have been feminist movements but there's never been a male one.

I believe that being honest to oneself and one's work is all that matters.

My clothes don't make one a different person, just more of oneself.

To become a better actor, one needs to look inwards and understand oneself better. Then, you can create magic on screen.