Quotes About Authenticity

It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.

I never looked at people or singing as commodities.

I am not a saleable commodity.

I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.

You need to be able to communicate your feelings. We need to be able to do that to feel empowered.

An approachable and authentic CEO is essential to fostering a high-performance, open communications culture.

I say what I mean. I don't speak in code. That's why I am a star and ace communicator.

Doing comedy and romance is easy, if I compare it with playing the role of a real-life person.

Compare yourself to yourself and say, 'How can I be better? How can I be the real me?'

All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.

I don't know if I would compare my sound to anyone because I like to think that my music is my music.

Do not compare yourself to what others seem to be.

All simulators are going to be different compared to reality, that's how I see it.

I am very different in real life as compared to whatever people have seen of me on the big screen.

I get compared to YoungBoy so much I don't even like to compare myself to other people.

With me sharing everything that I'm doing on social media, people might think that I'm constantly comparing myself to other people, but I'm really trying not to do that.

That is the thing I want to tell girls, to stop criticising yourselves and to stop comparing yourself to other people.

The New Lost City Ramblers are a very good comparison, actually. They really took the music seriously, and we take the music very seriously. But we don't take ourselves seriously at all.

When you get into comparisons in any way of, 'we want it to be like this' or 'we don't want it to be like this,' it takes away from the authenticity of what you're trying to say and what you're trying to make.

There have been comparisons but I don't want to be compared with anyone. I want to be myself, with my own style and identity.

I just try to make the best record I can make, without any ego or comparisons at all. I never sit there and tell myself it's going to be a masterpiece or anything!

I always say your truth is your compass to your purpose.

Follow your path unapologetically. Be compassionate.

Don't go around asking the question, 'Is this character likeable?' and expect that to be compatible with serious literary endeavours. That's not what it's about.