Quotes About Authenticity

Everyone should be themselves, and everybody makes mistakes, and young people who have a platform like I have, I know people who have a much bigger platform who are much more influential, who have made mistakes and learnt from them and had to do that on a public stage.

I'm honored to be a part of the #ShowEm campaign because it recognizes the importance of who we are at our core and what drives us to become who we want to be, no matter what obstacles we face. Jockey has given me a platform to show people that the impossible can be possible if you keep fighting and believing.

My platform for activism is my music, and the issue I am working to address is child marriage. Everyone can find an issue that they care about and their own authentic way of expressing and sharing their message and working for change. When you speak authentically about something that matters to you, your voice has even more power.

Judge people by their behaviour, not their platitudes.

People ask me about 'The Hurt Locker' a lot, and it's an incredible piece of filmmaking - as are 'Band of Brothers' and 'Platoon' and 'Full Metal Jacket' and 'Apocalypse Now.' But they're not necessarily true to war in a literal sense. What they are, really, are brilliant movies about Hollywood's idea of war.

I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter.

I'm hoping I can evade a type and go for roles based on what I consider plausible and what I consider good.

Fact doesn't have to be plausible; it just has to be fact.

Doesn't matter what people say, doesn't matter what they are going to say about you. You gotta go out there and play your game.

I want to play the football I feel.

I play a lot of hard men and gangsters, and I'm not like that at all.

I think it's important I stay connected to every part of my personality. I play basketball. I rock climb. I paint. I'm a little bit scattered, but it's so I can convincingly play all these characters.

I just want to be myself, just be healthy and play basketball.

I play football; I do what I like.

I just want to continue to play football and be myself.

I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fame. I'd just as soon no one knew who I was. I want to play football because it's football.

The real Pogba is the one you see every time. You know, when I'm on the pitch, I cannot act. I'm not an actor. So when I'm in the pitch, I like to joke and laugh, and outside the pitch, I'm the same. For me, I'm normal. I come and play football. I do what I love.

I still mess around and joke with my family and friends like I did when I was nine or 10. For me, nothing's changed. Sure, I play football, but I try to keep my life off the pitch as simple as possible.

I don't want to be perceived as the money-grabbing 20-year-old; I just want to be perceived as the kid who loves to play football.

I'd rather not play football at all than have to change my style.

I have no interest in owning a football club; I don't play golf; I don't like horseracing and I'd rather become a professional bungee jumper than enter politics.

You've got guys who will kiss up, and I'm not gonna kiss up. I don't need to kiss anyone's butt. I'm here to play golf.

Just be you. Play golf. If you get riled up, show it. If you aren't happy about something, it's all right. Just play golf.

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.