Quotes About Authenticity

A lot of people say things because I wasn't born here, but in my heart, I know that I am a true Puerto Rican champion.

I'm such a true Puerto Rican.

I think it's amazing that I can go out there and be myself, and the fact that I'm carrying Puerto Rico on my back a little bit is such an honor.

I never thought anything was strange in Puerto Rico other than the big mosquitos; because I was born there, nothing was really foreign to me. I think what I saw strange coming to L.A. was that a lot of people are a little bit two-faced. In Puerto Rico, you don't get that.

I always wanted my work to speak for itself, and have opportunities to do interesting work and not just puff pieces.

I don't want to sound like Ross; I don't want to sound like Puff. I want to make my own music: French Montana.

Is being negative more journalistic for some reason? I don't know. But I don't set out to make puff pieces and I don't set out to be blindly positive. I just can't do a movie about something I don't care about.

I'd much rather dress like a 5 year old than a 21 year old. I'd much rather wear a puffy sleeved shirt than some low-cut top.

I met P. Diddy. Or Diddy. I like to call him Puffy because, let's be honest, that's who he is.

I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.

The more I can make a person comfortable in their environment by taking my ego's hat off and leaving it at the door, then they can dive deep within themselves and we can pull out something interesting that people have never heard before. It's the stuff that's - that no one's ever heard before is really interesting.

I'm a really rotten liar. Generally, if I've tried to pull off a lie, it hasn't worked out to my advantage.

I wouldn't put myself forward to do a film like 'Changeling' if I thought I couldn't pull people into a story because of all the other ways people see me.

In my heart, I'm 100% real. You can't pull out nothing in my past that can say I'm not 100% real.

I'm not a bling-bling guy; I can't pull it off. I just look like an idiot.

People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to.

I don't have any rock star demeanor to me. I just can't pull that off.

If I don't believe in a role, I can't pull it off.

Sometimes I'll go into a shop and speak in a different accent to see if I can pull it off. But then somebody will be like, 'Where did you say you were from again...?' And then I panic, and my accent dissolves, and I pretend like I wasn't doing it in the first place.

If someone pulls me down, I pull them down, as I don't feel I should live my life in the way other people want me to. If they have a problem with my films, I can rip off their films, be it comedy or their family dramas, which are low on content and have over-theatrical acting.

There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.

You go for an audition, and you meet a director, and you find that they don't want you. You have to have a pull with them: that they understand what you want to bring to it. That you don't want to be the pretty little thing.

I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like this other person; I can't pull that off... I can't censor myself.

We are all just little dolls of ourselves. Who occasionally pull back the curtains to reveal the real us.