Quotes About Authenticity

There's nothing wrong with using frozen and canned food. There's nothing in this series I'm ashamed of. It's the way I cook.

I used to be frustrated about being called bohemian, but I don't really care now. If that's what you are, you should celebrate it.

As frustrating as it is to not have a record come out, I have to make sure that it's worth putting out. I have to be trying to say something, for one. I have to not oversell what I'm trying to say. I can't 'Bono' it.

I chase dreams that fulfill me and not a dream that somebody else describes to me.

I love being able to fulfill such a huge and special part of myself with Pentatonix. But there is still so much more to me that, honestly, people don't get to see because we're in a group.

I want to represent my name to the fullest: Ginuwine.

I think it's important for women to know that you don't have to compromise your fullness, your dopeness. You can be everything you want to be.

Be free, and live life fully.

In my life and my work, I really try to be just fully myself.

It's never really fun to have to cry in a scene or anything like that.

People want to create a space that feels like them - one that's deeply rooted in their personality. That's important. Your space is an opportunity to tell your story and showcase your experiences. That's why I think every material - down to your faucet - needs to serve a function and feel personal.

A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it. People will know what you're saying is a cover-up for how you really feel - embarrassed, discouraged, and afraid.

I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentally good - as long as you're not being bad to people - people give you a lot of room to be yourself, because being yourself is being honest. And that's what people want to see.

I don't have any set things that I'm looking for, like, 'I've done this now I want to do this,' kind of thing. Just read the material, if it appeals, if it makes me laugh: like, 'Death at a Funeral' made me laugh out loud.

The world doesn't need another clothing company. But it does need a certain funk.

The more I become comfortable in my own skin, I think the funnier I become.

I think comedy is funnier when it's real.

You know we are flawed people, so if someone is going to make a movie about me, they don't have to make it up. My real flaws are much funnier.

Actually, I think I'm funnier off-camera.

With an unscripted take, you let the thing live and bring an extra level of life to the performance. Sometimes you get extra jokes because the actors are super smart and see a funnier or more true way to go with the scene.

I go out with my mates and after a drink they'll ask, 'How are you a comedian? You're not the funniest among us,' And they're right - I'm not even the funniest in our house.

The funniest rumour that I've heard about myself is that I am gay.

Of course, my whole theory of comedy is based in reality. The funniest stuff comes from real life.

I just do what I think is funny and what's exciting to me.