Quotes About Authenticity

The thing that I'm trying to accomplish is to tell the stories and my feelings in ways that are relatable. But at the same time, I'm so tired of hearing the same old crap. Bring some freshness if you can.

There is a certain amount of freshness and credibility that new actors bring to any movie.

I'm sort of a Walter Mitty. I got fewer brain cells than most people, so when I got friendly with cowboys, I started rodeoing. When I was calf-roping, there was something about the dirt that made me feel clean.

I am quite driven. I know what I think, and I know what I want to achieve, but I also hope that people who are asked to describe me would describe me as pretty down-to-earth, loyal, friendly. The more experience I have got in politics, I think the more I have allowed me to shine through.

Sometimes I'll meet somebody, and they've looked me up online or whatever, and they've never heard me talk or met me. I think they expect me to be a lot darker than I am and maybe less - not less friendly - but I guess I'm drawn to that dark emotional music. Maybe they think I'm a little more brooding.

Fashion bloggers will do their work; it's their job. So let them do it. I am not doing something to make them happy or to get friendly with them so that they write good stuff about me.

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.

I am a completely different person off the field, and my friends and family can vouch for that.

Due to my serious kind of roles, people - apart from my close friends and family - did not know the real me.

As long as my friends and family know who I am, I sleep well at night.

I despise shows that present friendship where you're always there for each other and really strong because I don't know anyone like that. I mean, I've got great friends, but I can go months without seeing them because I think, 'I just can't deal with having to give you anything.'

Friendships are discovered rather than made.

People feel that in this industry friendships are not for real, but that's not true. Otherwise, what is the point of being friends?

I believe the best friendships are forged with those you can be yourself with.

If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played.

I like people that are not frightened to say what they think.

My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.

We were never a frivolous band; we prided ourselves on having something to say, and I think that's what gives your songs longevity.

I don't buy into this idea that pop has to be frivolous or vacuous, and we've never subscribed to that.

I'm a human being and I will make mistakes from time to time but what I will say is that any mistakes I make are very honest ones.

When you can have a relationship that's like that to where everything is out in the open, you are up front, and there is open communication, it makes for a great relationship.

Life becomes easier when we stop aping people. Which is on all fronts, be it looks, body shape, or anything.

There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.

I used to think I had to stay frozen in time. No amount of Botox will keep up.