Quotes About Authenticity

I enjoyed making people laugh. I discovered that I loved that power over them. On stage, I felt I could really express who I was for the first time.

I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me.

There's a difference between the parts that I play and who I am and who people think I am. There's quite a big discrepancy sometimes between those things.

Be who you are, do what you do and let us get on with discussing the real issues of this country.

I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.

I just never want to do anything that's going to compromise what I do. It would have to be a song where there would be honest discussion about something.

Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.

I think it's quite easy to get caught up in the discussions about a show that people are having. But you have to tell the story you were going to tell.

Certainly a woman should never disguise the fact that she is a woman. A woman's body is very beautiful.

Makeup transforms me. I feel like I'm in disguise when I walk my dog without makeup on.

I'm not sure why I'm so often disgusting on stage. I don't always know where it comes from.

One of my favorite dishes is this alfredo I make, and I make the sauce from scratch. I love making everything from scratch.

If you are a great guy off screen but you are a bad actor and are dishonest to your work, then I would not spend my money on you.

I think things are dishonest if they're not aware of sadness.

I think you can tell when someone is being dishonest as an actor.

If a woman is dishonest, that kills it for me. I can't even talk to her anymore.

There are times when I love the world and love everyone, and I want to talk to everyone, and other times when I feel really disillusioned, and like none of this is real, nothing is real around me.

I loathe people who are disingenuous or inauthentic.

I've always had a problem saying what I feel for fear of having someone dislike me.

Love or hate me, like or dislike me, laugh at me or cry with me, I have always shown you who I really am.

Everyone is different, and I would rather be disliked for who I am than liked for who I am not.

When Wes came back to Limp Bizkit, we really wanted to do something different. We wanted to make a core record that we didn't care who liked or who disliked.