Quotes About Authenticity

People have said, 'You don't need to do any more biopics. You don't need to play any more real people.' I don't agree with that.

I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.

I want people to be true to themselves and believe in themselves. I want people to stop looking to celebrity idols and look to themselves instead, because we need real people to inspire us.

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all. Sometimes it's me, or a composite of me and other people. Sometimes it's not me at all.

I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to the idea that they are there, that they are real people, not invisible.

I like people that are real people. Real people are broad; they make mistakes.

A novel that features real people is complicated, but in the end, that extra challenge is all for the good.

Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.

All celebrities are real people behind everything.

I think, really, what I'm interested in is whole women, real people.

It was easy to believe, between lessons on Shakespeare and Dickens and Austen, that all of the great stories had already been written by dead Europeans. But every time I saw 'The Outsiders', I knew better. It was the first time I'd realized that real people write books.

I like real people - salt-of-the-earth men.

I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.

I'm following a real event and real people.

And they didn't have to get into a lot of legal speak or talk ER terms, they were real people. I think that's why so many actresses were attracted to it. And it was just about problems that you could identify with so much, right off the bat.

I've never wanted to play bank managers and real people particularly.

But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.

Everybody has parts of themselves that they're not 100% happy with - that's what makes you human. And being an actor, your job is to play human beings. Your job is to play real people.

It's sad that you don't see drivers being real people.

I don't like writing with real people in mind.

I do comedy for real people.

My goal would be to make Frank Capra-type films about real people, how they define their reality.

I've played quite a lot of real people, and it carries a special responsibility.

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.