Quotes About Authenticity

No one ever confides a secret to one person only. No one destroys all copies of a document.

We wrote the songs we wrote - we took from our own experiences, melded it together, and wrote what became 'Appetite For Destruction.'

Often, especially young artists, you feel like you should be doing something. And I think that can be very destructive because creativity is about connecting with the stuff that's deep inside you and making something out of that.

I like to be in that space, the same middle-class man. Otherwise, you become completely detached from reality.

I feel so detached from what I am on the outside. The person I am on the inside is very separate.

Is that bad? Detachment in the sense that I can't be going to every party, showing my face, talking to the press and telling them what I am wearing to the bathroom or where I eat. I would rather see a purpose to that.

I want to help people to get to know my story and really tell them in detail what I've been through.

I see things differently, feel things differently. That's how I've always been, and that's why I'm different to everyone else. Information: simple. Detail: simple. I just aim to play as if it was five-a-side as an 11-year-old kid. That's how I see it because that's how it is.

Details matter. They create depth, and depth creates authenticity.

Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.

I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, when you're able to detect it easily. I don't like that.

I think Detective Murdoch would say that what sets Canada apart is that we are known for being above board, that we don't fudge numbers and misrepresent ourselves.

While I do not want to live my life like Lemmy chose to live his, I can't help but admire the strength and determination it took for Lem to do it all on his own terms and remain true to himself.

If people like something you've done - or don't like it - this shouldn't determine what you write or how you write it. Those are two separate things entirely: your work and the world's response to it.

I detest people who lie. I can't stand it.

If you are not moved by the character, no amount of CGI will give you a performance that is emotionally engaging or devastating - what a live-action performance does.

On the stage you develop a character that's different from yourself. In a film they're always saying, 'Walk over here. Say this line. Be you.'

I think people have come to know me, and I don't deviate too much as an individual. What you see is what you get.

If I deviate from my nature, it's possible that my game will be affected.

We don't want to just put logos on somebody's devices. It needs to feel like Nokia, what Nokia was known for.

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves.

With dialogue, people say a lot of things they don't mean. I like dialogue when it's used in a way when the body language says the complete opposite. But I love great dialogue... I think expositional dialogue is quite crass and not like real life.

I don't know if it's because my sensitivity is through the roof, but I can't stand contrived dialogue anymore.

I find that dialogue is bad in most scripts. I just think there are very few writers that can capture the natural way people talk.