Quotes About Authenticity

There are words that work, that are meant to explain and educate on policies that work, on products that work, on services that work. I'm not going to ever try to sell a lemon. I don't do that.

To perfect your nature doesn't mean to have some idea of what a perfect person is and to simply be that. That doesn't work.

I know that the emotional narrative will work in the end, and I just have to play each moment honestly even if the getting from A to B doesn't totally make sense initially.

When you have a single composer writing his work, it shouldn't be doled out in singles based on the length of a piece.

I've nearly walked off very big films before, and I would, because I don't want that in my life. I want to enjoy the work I do.

I think the path for a young writer might be one that says, "I have to accept myself, this is what I am. I can't eradicate my defects. I can work on them."

In a way my work is documentary. But I am also a photographer who has a distinct style. My photographs are a companion to the reality of the situation.

What I found is, really, you always have to begin by nailing what is true about you, because something that works very well for someone else might not work for you at all.

There's always the question when you're making a documentary if the talking heads will work.

I work at my life and I cultivate myself and don't spend six hours in a gym. Some people would say I should but why?

I know my flavor's going to work because I just know there's not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what's that about you.

My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.

Most importantly, we want to create a company where every employee can bring their whole selves to work.

I do not want to work to correspond to an image.

The people who knew me and knew my work and trusted me, they knew then as they do now that I've never fabricated or plagiarized a story. People who know me know I didn't do this.

Making fake promises while wearing a fancy dress... that isn't enough. Promises take more work than that.

I'd like to work more, but I don't just want to do kind of generic characters. I want to do interesting characters, and I'd like to be cast against type.

I consider myself a character actress, and that's working out. I'm getting chances to do things. I like the process - I don't want to pretend I'm something other than what I am.

I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn't work for me and my voice.

Melissa [ Rosenberg] really has mastered coming from character. Everything radiates from the characters in this work. You don't feel like anything's imposed.

If I say things like I'm going to erase someone's Social Security number, we all know I clearly don't work at the Social Security office.

The worst thing is to be a designer and create work that isn't honest. You have to be honest. Otherwise, you'll always be a reaction to what other people do and you'll always be one step behind.

Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work - that's what makes you unique.

As a writer, if you're prepared to work from your own wound, you're allowing people into the most vulnerable parts of yourself.