Quotes About Authenticity

Life ain't the movies.

I have a sneaking suspicion that leading an examined life and being really tan aren't consistent with one another.

I get it I live it to me there's nothin realer

I'm the least sexy person in real life.

It wasn't my choice to be an open book, but when people found out what my life was like when I was 14 or 15, I didn't deny it. I think the more imperfect you are, the more human you are.

There's something very cool as an actor when you have an opportunity to play somebody who's real, whether they're still alive or not, but who has lived a life.

Many things in your life matter, but only one thing matters absolutely.. It is finding the essence of who you are.

I don't do coupons or Reeboks. Life is too short to half-step.

When you're dealing with your life, my God, you gotta tell the truth.

I come out of real life.

Nobody's life is interesting enough to warrant a third memoir.

to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.

I have a lot of people in my life who are truly ridiculous characters, and they're very, very funny people, but they don't really try to be. They're not cracking jokes.

Nay, you'll be ashamed of me everyday of your life," he answered; "and the more ashamed, the more you know me; and I cannot bide it.

I'm very open in terms of sharing bits about my life, but I think it's very easy to get a distorted sense of who anyone is through social media.

People romanticize, I think, this notion of life. But life at all costs is not life, it's ego-extension.

I have been so deeply, profoundly lucky to have friends in my life that have always just loved me exactly as I am no matter what time period I'm in.

The authentic thing is to follow your heart, your instincts, your emotions. If you located yourself in an idea, your life would be lived very sadly.

You do have to follow your heart, otherwise you're living a false life.

What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?

It's people's own prerogative to be able to look at something and know the difference between 'this is what someone looks like with make-up on' and 'this is what they look like in real life.'

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.

I wear no makeup in real life. I'm very simple. That may be why I go over the top for the red carpet. But otherwise, I'm very plain. I should make more of an effort, actually.

When I was at the interview asked how I cope with life's difficulties, I said that saving sense of humor. I'm not lying.