Quotes About Authenticity

People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are.

I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.

I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.

I don't like these commercial films I do. I'd far prefer to do more artistic films, more cult films.

Actually, I don't even like parties. I would much prefer a room with four friends who sit around and have dinner. I detest nightclubs. And I don't like places where the noise is so loud you can't talk to people.

I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.

Do you always do as you would like to do were it in your power? I find that circumstances force me often to act in a manner quite opposite to what I should prefer; I am, of course, judged by my acts, but do they really afford a true key to my character? I think not.

Those that know me know that I'm not 100% in love with commercial pop music. It's not my preferred genre - I don't do squeaky clean pop.

Instagram has said plenty of times that I'm pregnant, Instagram has said a lot of things about me that are not true, so I don't even know where that's coming from.

I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can parachute in with checks for $5 million or $10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I'm rejecting that premise.

When you have premium brands, you have to have the right balance of communicating all of your values.

I try to not think too much about how stuff gets seen as it's being done by a woman. Because if you think about it, then you end up thinking about how you're acting, and if you are thinking about how you're acting, then you are preoccupied and you're going to end up being insincere. You're kind of not present.

You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.

You have to be sharp when the camera's rolling. I want to be totally unselfconscious, like a child playing. I do as much prep as possible so I can lose myself for those seconds.

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.

The idea of interviewing someone is that you are getting their first off-the-cuff impression or response. You don't want them to have the chance to really prepare.

Hype is a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing if you aren't prepared to back it up.

When things become too prepared, the life comes out of it.

Well, you know, with every character, if you're going to expose yourself, you've got to figure out every detail that you're going to play. So there's no character that you can just go put on his shirt and be fully prepared.

I'm not prepared to give up the truth for popularity.

I used to do the whole baggy, hard-core, I'm-a-boy look. Then I went through a preppy phase.

I'm trying to create a presence that resonates for myself and the core of Eric Brady.

You know you don't have to be the most popular kid in the school to have people acknowledge your presence.

People trust my voice. And my expertise, honestly, is not political science. It's emotion and expression and sort of presence, you know?