Quotes About Authenticity

Whenever someone wants to say something to a whole mass of people by breaking into song, there's probably something wrong with them.

It breaks my heart that some of my fans think that because they love me and they idolize me, they have to be just like me and dress like me and act like me.

If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive.

When I'm not working, I prefer not to use any make-up so my skin can breathe. And I always moisturise.

Cinema is actually very backward. When we see gay characters or people of color, they're always there for that reason. I'm personally kind of sick of that. I love to see characters who just live and breathe and are comfortable in that space.

If I'm not working I'm not wearing makeup. The skin needs to breathe.

In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.

It seems, in many ways, I am a living, breathing country song, and I know what I sing.

You can't share your magic with everyone. Your job is to live within your magic. And if other magical people find you, then let's go and make a brew.

It's just dumb that people think that. 'Why did you help that guy up after you tackled him?' Because I wanted to. What's the big deal? 'Butkus would have never done that.' Well, I'm not Dick Butkus. I'm Brian Urlacher, and sometimes I help people up.

I just say what comes to my mind and sometimes it's not the brightest.

I think 'Girls' is pretty brilliant.

The really great brands live on this idea of bringing something that's truly authentic - and then building around that. It's not about trying to be something as much as it being who you are in the best light possible.

I don't like rules of any kind. And I seek people who break rules with happiness - and not bringing pain to themselves.

I learned that the acting I really like is when the actors did a lot of bringing themselves, and where they're at at the moment, to the character.

Bringing your whole self to work is the mantra for me as I sit in my office and do the work, and it's also the mantra as I look out at the community that I'm trying to brand for Uber.

Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor.

I'm not a bro.

That's life, bro. Everybody is not going to like you.

I know this might be broadcast broadly. But I'm 52 years old, and I'm going to admit to you that I've never had a drop of alcohol.

On Broadway, there is no censoring, just self-censorship and doing what makes sense.

I desire to leave this world as I entered it - barefoot and broke.

Go for broke with what you believe and what you think is funny and what you're good at.

You can't shoot in sepia, so converting into black and white and then into brown makes everything feel less real.