Quotes About Authenticity

I think people took a while to accept me for who I am, and I've learnt to articulate myself better when on camera.

This is me. Take it or leave it.

Just because we finally have a Latino family on TV doesn't mean we're up there to lecture people about what it means to be Latino.

I tend to play in a way that feels natural to me. To me that's authentic for myself. I play by where I'm led by some sense of where I feel I'm supposed to be.

I'm not led by money, because if that's the case, I can throw my name on everything and have a million-dollar company.

You've got to keep being 100 percent, keep doing what's best for you and your legacy, and then build and help other people around you, too.

It's hard to form actual legitimate relationships.

If you want to be a legitimate artist, it's more important what you say no to.

I've never had my feet done and never had my legs waxed.

Queerness is the lens that I live my life through.

I have to say that the biggest lesson I have learned is to find your way to stand out.

Yes I got into things with girls who only liked me because of who I was. But I learnt my lesson quickly.

The lesson I take from TV is the less rehearsed it is, the more natural it's going to seem. Don't overthink it. It seems to work enough for me, and I'll just keep doing it.

I answer two or three letters a day. I'm just not the he-has-a-secretary kind of guy.

If you aren't talking to readers and letting them know you're just like them, they can lose interest.

Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books.

I'm more of an exaggerator than a liar.

I'm a really bad liar.

I'm see-through. And I'm the worst liar of all time.

It's one thing to be prejudiced. It's another to be a liar.

Marion Cotillard

I'm the worst liar in the world.

I'm the worst liar alive.

Even though I'm an actor, I'm a very bad liar.