Quotes About Authenticity

It is only likely frauds that are detected.

My philosophy is, it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

From Pünd's experience, people who were so insistent on the truth were very rarely telling it.

Why would I believe someone who spends his entire life making stuff up?

It meant nothing to me. You can stick a piece of metal on a coward and a liar but it won't change what he is.

He sounded almost too genuine to be genuine.

It was very hard to tell when he was acting and when he wasn't – sometimes with unfortunate consequences

The truth was important. The truth mattered. It mattered more than the fact that he was only twelve and that his story was completely preposterous. People like Granny, all bullies in fact, only managed to survive because they lived behind the truth. Once people knew them for what they were, they would be powerless.

They are noted in bold print.

To be seen to be human, provided you're doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all.

I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way through your greatest hits.

Providing accurate portrayals of characters is something I want to pay ample attention to.

I love the masochistic aspect of eating seething, real Sichuan food in Sichuan Province.

Everything that I have is natural - braid, nails - I practically never use cosmetics. They often ask me in the provinces about my braid.

They see you as one thing, and you continue to do that. Do you want to play this really awkward, offbeat outsider? Yeah. I can - but I can do other things. It's having people trust that you can do other things, or proving it to them.

It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others.

It's time Hawaii answer doubters and produce documents proving that it is a state. What are they hiding? And why haven't we seen these documents?

I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have to do that as much.

Album 1 is proving that you're worth listening to, album 2 is proving that it wasn't a fluke, and album 3 is the most authentic thing I've ever done.

If I am who I am, I'm provocative, candid, and androgynous; there's nothing I can do that will make any fan think, 'I didn't expect that from her.'

There are some critics that will just write provocative stuff to get attention, but I would say most of the time that's not the case.

I'd rather concentrate on making my character more convincing than trying to prove my acting prowess.

I have great respect for people who live out their beliefs. For example, Ed Begley Jr. is an environmentalist, but he really lives his lives, and is he very prudent in the way he lives. He's cautious. He's not like an Al Gore that flies around in a private jet and burns 20,000 gallons a day on his jet.

When you live in an environment where you aren't allowed to be fully who you are, you aren't taken seriously, and you aren't respected. What that actually does to a person's confidence and psyche is really fascinating to me.