Quotes About Authenticity

[The Master] doesn't glitter like a jewel... [but is] as rugged and common as a stone.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.

There are very few joys in life greater than spontaneity. Spontaneity means to be in the moment; it means acting out of your awareness, not acting according to your old conditionings.

Don't like me for who I am? Then you don't like me for who I am. And all you're gonna get is who I am.

Anything or anyone that asks you to be other than yourself is not holy, but is trying only to fill its own need.

I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.

When you're a beautiful person on the inside, there is nothing in the world that can change that about you.

Every man has a vocation to be someone: but he must understand clearly that in order to fulfill this vocation he can only be one person: himself.

Someone once said "Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements."

You can cry, ain't no shame in it.

Marketing is really just about sharing your passion.

The real person you are is revealed in the moments when you're certain no other person is watching. When no one is watching, you are driven by what you expect of yourself.

You are not feeling empty because you don't have much money. You are feeling empty because you have not yet encountered your real self, you have not come to your authentic individuality.

To be a star, you must walk your own path, shine your own light and not be afraid of the darkness, that's when a star shines the brightest.

Never let your campaigns write cheques that your website can't cash.

Well, I don't want to be king, I want to be real.

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.

Don't listen to people who tell you what to do. Listen people who encourage you to do what's right in your heart.

If a person is confident enough in the way they feel, whether it's an art form or whether it's just in life, it comes off---you don't have anything to prove; you can just be who you are.

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than to be known by sixty million for something you're not.

Don't fix me; Love me for what's broken.

You can say you love someone - but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions, your words become meaningless.

Everyone is born unique. No comparison is possible. You are you, and I am I.