Quotes About Authenticity

I was the funny one in my group; there was a lot pressure to be responsible for everyone's happiness. I didn't like watching other friends of mine be called the 'pretty one' or the 'smart one.' That had no depth, and it didn't match how I knew them.

I want to play characters that are real, that have depth in them.

I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.

There's no way to describe what I do. It's just me.

With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.

Mixtapes are very personal, and they describe who you are better than an album sometimes.

'Tough' is one of the last adjectives I would use to describe myself.

I tell my stories the way I tell them in real life, the way I talk or describe things.

Describing yourself as edgy is one of the least edgy things a person can do.

I've had. It's the real me. People don't deserve anything less.

Country fans and country listeners deserve to have something better... a song that really has something to say, something that makes you feel something.

If I choose to be part of stupid films, I don't deserve to call myself an actress.

I only scream if screaming is deserved.

I wouldn't be a good model for any designer's idea of what fashion is.

If I'm going to be the black designer, I'm going to tell it my way.

The women I play don't sit in the corner eating lettuce leaves and talking about what designer shoes they have.

I will never see myself as a businessman. I'm a designer. I have to be true to what I believe.

I feel designer wear is great and is created after a lot of thought and effort but it's essential that we are confident and comfortable with our fashion choices at all times whether it's on social media or in real life.

I can't be boring. If people like my designs, then meet me and find out that I'm boring, they won't want my stuff.

I think a lot of comedians are desperate to show their serious side, but I got that off my chest early on in my career.

I don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new.

Despite whatever commercial kind of success you might have or radio success, I don't want to do something just to get as many people as possible to listen.

I think if you try to force a personality on a world then I think you're destined to fail.

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.