Quotes About Authenticity

It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.

I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.

To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries about work-life balance? I think that would be unreal. What Im writing is real.

It's different if you're a painter. You can hidethe ones that don't work. You can't do that with movies. They tellthe story of who you are at the time, and that's the wonderful thingabout it.

You only live once. Trying to do the right thing for other people often doesnt work out, and you have to follow your own path in order to make things work out best for everyone.

Work hard and be authentic. Everything else will fall into place.

It's about empowering girls, You're gonna have bad boyfriends and best friends-turned-enemies. You need to be yourself, you need to work hard, and you'll get there.

The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

To be really great, you need to be naturally funny in order to stand out. But you can work at it, and find the best vehicle that you have to communicate what you're saying to people.

You have to be yourself, as models come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are girls out there who are more voluptuous and they work better for different sorts of stories.

You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.

If your work is going to draw from life, you'd better work very hard to keep up with reality.

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do.

Every time I work with real Southern actors... we immediately go into white trash and we just get along really well within one night.

I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.

Do whatever work feeds your true self, even if it's not a safe bet, even if it's like a crazy risk, even if everyone in your life tells you you're wrong or bad or crazy.

If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.

When you find your authentic self, your identity - your true identity - how many people work a job they hate or live a life, they're going oh my gosh.

Be authentic and organic. It can't be forced or it won't work. And most importantly, have fun.

You learn how to do good work by being honest with yourself.

I don't want every fan; I'm interested in fans interested in quality work, authentic archetype depictions.

If you only have work clothes - the black trouser and ribbed turtleneck you got four years ago at the Gap - you're not participating in your own style personality.

Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.

It seems the less I do and say, the better everyone likes my work!