Quotes About Authenticity

If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it's that they're almost entirely scripted.

The main criticism people have of me is, 'Why are you trying so hard? This guy's exhausting.' Yeah, I am! That's my way of trying to get love.

People are going to criticize you no matter what, so I'm going to say whatever the hell I want to say.

I've been told that I overshare. Sometimes I get criticized for it, but how else would I be if not all of me?

A lot of drivers don't put that stuff on social media because they're scared they might get criticized or whatever, and there will be people who say I can't drive. I just don't let it get to me and do my own thing.

I get criticized for being me. I'm enjoying life, and people see it as me not being serious. Not taking the game seriously. You shouldn't hate somebody for being themselves, for enjoying themselves.

Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.

I certainly don't stay out of the sun, and I also don't, as some of my critics have said, put on blackface as a performance.

I don't think I can create films just for critics. It's just not me.

I never cross my legs.

You're playing for yourself. And if you're not playing for yourself, you're an entertainer, doing it for the crowd.

I understand it's difficult but you've got to think about yourself, you know, and not just follow the crowd.

I don't know how to get a crowd singing along. That's not what my music does.

I have to be me, which is, don't like a lot of crowds, don't like a lot of attention - kind of being by myself.

I think that it's crucial. I think that playing live, if you want to be an artist - that's what artists do.

Making a movie is so hard, you'd better make movies about something you really know about. And even more, it's really good to make movies about things you need to figure out for yourself, so you're driven the whole way through. It's going to make things more crucial for you.

I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.

If I want to put makeup on, then, cool, I'll do that. But it's not going to be my crutch.

If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.

I love to cry. It's great.

I cry every chance I get.

I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.

I don't have an 'actor cry.'

I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as that. It's just like if you're watching something moving, and you feel yourself welling up. It's the same thing. You're just being carried along with the story. There's nothing magical about it. I think I'm in touch with my emotions, and I can't help it.