Quotes About Authenticity

We are all human beings. We are not machines that everything you put in comes out perfect.

I'm not a very macho guy.

I'm not a model. I don't really think much about how I look. If I did, I'd go mad.

To me, design is very personal. I'm not one of those people who is like, 'This is right, this is wrong.' You should do things that you love, not things that magazines tell you to do.

No one ever questions where all these pictures in magazines and books come from.

Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.

I think that's the main thing - when people watch TV and they can see that you're truly passionate about what you do, they can see it. They know it. And that's what they're drawn to.

I think the main thing which boygenius and I talk about ad nauseum, is that I feel like I just apologise for myself less.

My main thing is being comfortable and looking like myself. But to be honest, what I wear is pretty much the last thing I think about.

North-east films are still not on a national level. But 'Axone' is a mainstream film. I found the script very authentic and also very funny.

I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.

Mainstream's never appealed to me, really. I mean, I've become popular over the years in certain areas. But mainstream, you know, I would rather the mainstream come to me.

My music isn't mainstream music.

I want to bring real music back but make it marketable and mainstream. To me, real music isn't everything being synthesized, computerized.

I'm not a mainstream country artist, and I never will be.

Everyone is being told by society to talk this way, to dress that way, to be this person or to be that person, and it's so important to just maintain a sense of self.

I still maintain the fact that when I write songs, I don't know what I'm doing. I don't think about it pragmatically. I say what's in my brain, and sometimes it's great, and sometimes it's terrible.

Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.

There's no way we could make up what we are. The group is just what everyone is. Each of us has a different audience.

I basically hate wearing make up.

I like to make up my own lines and dress myself and act like myself and no other characters.

With 'Deep Space Nine,' I learned that when you get a script, you should give honor to the writer. On 'Larry Sanders,' even on '24,' you could make up stuff.

Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe.

As an opinion maker, I'm not your friend. I'm not here to be popular.