Quotes About Authenticity

Great art must be a living thing, or it is not art at all.

I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don't seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.

I believe 100% when your heart & mind are in the right place and there is no pretense, great things will come. It's that simple!

In order to be a great writer a person must have a built-in, shockproof crap detector.

The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.

I know that some great actors can transform, and that's fine. But I come from the school of thought that people put a version of themselves in their films.

In a really great way, you simultaneously try to take up as little and as much space as possible.

I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.

I doubt anybody gets taken seriously for very long. I'll be on some reality show in about six years going, Hey, I had a great year in 2006.

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

When people are really great at what they do there is no aggression because they are comfortable in their own skin. They know themselves well enough that you don't have anything to prove.

I never pretended to be a great actor.

There's no way to replicate a really great vocal sometimes.

Great vision communication usually means heartfelt messages are coming from real human beings.

The thing about great poetry is we have no defenses against it.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

Act on your inner guidance, and give up your need for 'proof' that your inner guidance is authentic. The more you ask for proof, the less likely you are to receive any.

If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance.

Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic.

If you seek approval from others in this world, you will not know happiness.

Don't care what people gonna think of you, do what you wanna do and seek just your happiness.

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.

Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.