Quotes About Authenticity

I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension.

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.

Rock n' roll doesn't change. All the idiocies and pretension continue.

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

It's not my personality to brag in any way or be pretentious. It's just not my nature.

I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it's a little pretentious to say, 'I'm a role model'; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

I like being photographed without glasses. I don't want to be pretentious.

I never want to be pretentious.

I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.

I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.

I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.

Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.

I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world is not with me, but I don't care.

I don't think of myself as pretty. I am what I am.

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.

I'm pretty much an open book.

I wanted to be a serious actress rather than a pretty face.

If you think I'm just another pretty face, read my Facebook updates, read my articles, read the interviews I've done and judge for yourself.

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

I always wanted to be the pretty girl, but I thought I wasn't. When I started acting and getting pretty girl roles, I felt like I was just pretending, and nobody saw I was just this big nerd.

My dream is to play ordinary characters. I have no interest in playing a pretty girl or an NRI girl.