Quotes About Authenticity

I'd hate to be really beautiful on telly and then have everyone go, 'It's all make-up and lighting.'

I like to write about stories and life experiences of me, the people around us, and just the things I see on the telly without overcomplicating things.

When I first started in telly, I had a lot of negative comments... but then I suddenly realised I couldn't be anyone else and actually the bits where I mess up or I'm just me seem to be the things that work.

When you look at me on the telly and say, 'She should be on 'The Undateables,'' you are looking at a 59-year-old woman. That is what 59-year-old women who have not had work done look like. Get it?

I want to watch telly that reflects the world I see.

I just do what I gotta do and try to show people I can write some funny lyrics and play piano, and hopefully that'll make them dig further. I really believe in my form. That's why I haven't done a lot of telly, and I'm not a regular on any panel shows, and I'm not in a sitcom or all those things.

I don't think I'm any different on 'Celebrity Juice' or daytime telly. It's what's going on around me that's different. I don't suddenly become all outrageous and rude on 'Celebrity Juice.'

When I'm on telly, I feel a bit trussed up and I hate make-up and it does put weight on you and I look and see my chins.

The girls at 'Loose Women' are my actual friends. They're not just telly friends.

People are brutal. They forget that people on telly are actually real people.

On telly, if it's not the right kind of show, I revert back to my 'Girlie Show' persona, become this daft, bawdy caricature of myself and I'm not actually like that, I'm actually quite - not clever, but smart with my words.

I never really think about myself really, but I hope I'm no different whether it be on the radio or telly or on a podcast. It's about being genuine, and approachable and accessible, not talking at people but with people.

Luckily, neither in my Tamil nor in my Telugu movies do I have roles that require exaggerated emoting.

I don't temper how I feel. I'm Greek. I've got emotions.

I feel like rap fit me better. I could hoop. I could have went and did that, but this is my lifestyle, my temperament, my mentality.

I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only so much time you can spend digging through yourself before you become insular. I'm not in a hurry to go back to that temperature.

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.

In every character that you play... I mean, I don't think I'll ever be the type of actor or performer per se who transforms, you know? Like Claire Danes transforms into Temple Grandin - I'm not gonna do that.

A lot of artists go in the studio and say, 'OK, whaddaya want me to do? Is it gonna be a hit? I'll do it. Is it gonna get played on the radio? I'll do it.' So they start makin' these songs, and they fall in the same tempo, same category, same this, same that, and it'll just all sound the same.

I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.

I want to be an artist artist, a real artist. I don't just want to do this for temporary money.

Children wear their natures like brightly-colored clothes; that's why they lie so transparently. Adulthood is the art of deceit.

It's not even a lesson. It's just what it is." Damon holds the baseball up between them. It is hard and white and alive in the sun.

Shitfire, parson! And I mean thet sincerely!