Quotes About Authenticity

I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.

If you're 100% yourself, then you're going to be different no matter what. I have this self-honesty approach as opposed to an ego that a lot of musicians put up. I can be myself, and that's just enough to stand out.

I find that male directors are more interested in what the film looks like as opposed to what the film is about emotionally. My job is not to make the film look pretty, and I don't feel drawn to making myself look pretty within the film.

That's why people read books. You get to have the real conversation, as opposed to the pseudo-conversations we have in everyday life.

You just go straight for the reality of the situation. So when I sit down to write, I find myself judging it as I'm doing it, as opposed to letting it free flow.

What we've demonstrated is there's an immense appetite to travel more authentically and immerse yourself in culture... as opposed to having a commoditised experience.

Comedy has allowed me to be my 100-percent-true self, as opposed to other places, where I feel like that's been a hindrance. Whether it's music or poetry or hosting, people want you to be something else: they want you to be packaged in a certain way.

What I am trying to do is create a space for people to explore what they want to be, as opposed to fit into a label that they have been given.

I would love to see all agencies connect to models more for who they are and can be as opposed to what they've done.

A candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get into office. Just the opposite, in fact. Because the minute that individual takes that oath, they are under the hottest, harshest light there is. And there is no way to hide who they really are.

France was very opposite of the show-business experience I'd been living; I was anonymous and alone. I wore no makeup, wore the same clothes every day. And I wrote and wrote and wrote.

I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.

It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.

I've had moments of deep self-involvement that didn't come from a place of loving myself but quite the opposite.

Obviously I've gone out of my way in my career to not look good, so it's always nice to, every once in a while, get the opposite going.

Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite.

For some strange reason, my gay life didn't get easier when I came out. Quite the opposite happened, really.

Most of the time when you're around the opposite sex, you kinda have to put on a show and not completely be yourself.

I've been on 'Oprah' a dozen times, and cried once.

I don't think I'm the 'Oprah' type.

I'd like to be the next Oprah financially, but I'm not a TV actor. I'm not someone with an entertainment background, I'm a cop. And I'm not afraid to go anywhere and get down and dirty.

People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed... what I bring to TV is myself... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart.

I thank my mum, dad, and home for keeping me in touch with my own country and my own land. I can be in the studio with Snoop Dogg or singing for Oprah, but I'm still me.

Honestly is always an option, even when you don't think it is.