Quotes About Authenticity

I've gotten a lot of attention, I think, just for being myself. I think that a lot of people, when they come to a competition, are afraid to be themselves no matter who they are.

I have not changed much. I haven't gotten a big ego or anything.

I will work with the governor no matter who the governor is. And I will always be Maya Wiley when I do it. That means I will call it as I see it.

If you are interesting as a person, as I believe I am, I don't think I have to grab the attention. It automatically will be there.

Your character - you own it. That's something you have to grab hold of on 'This Is England'. Your character is your character.

I don't want to do any more covers. It's good to learn to make things your own, but the education's over. 'Grace' is putting a lot of things to rest.

I love showing people that I wasn't that guy, the guy in 'Will & Grace.'

I'm not trying to get in good graces of anybody. I just want to be myself and be the guy that helps out in the community, because that's who I am.

I've been inside the Anne Frank house. You've only read about Anne Frank in grade school. I've been in it. I've seen the diary. Things that teachers couldn't teach you.

I've been Rico since 10th grade.

The coolest people reveal themselves gradually, and flirting isn't just about making yourself look great, it's about making him feel great too.

As I graduated high school, it didn't faze me anymore. Right now, I don't even care what people think of me. I'm happy with myself.

There was a period where I was like, 'I'm gonna have to be in the closet if I want to be successful.' But then I sort of made the decision right when I graduated college that that wasn't going to be my route. Even if it took longer to get work, I at least was gonna be true to myself.

It was an absolute pleasure working with Stephen Graham. I've admired his work for many years, and what he brings is that real sense of authenticity.

If you think that one should do a commercial picture because everyone is doing it and that one will become a big star after that, I think that if you don't have that grain in you, it will not happen.

Ridin' was natural, not forced. I didn't try to make a Grammy record.

Country is not what you heard on the Grammys.

I don't believe in materialistic gifts and grand gestures.

I always see myself as a character actor, but Remington Steele was me. I gave up on trying to be any character. I just put myself as me in this world of Remington Steele and the grand pretender.

I said yes too much. I said yes to certain projects that weren't for me. It was somebody else's vision and somebody else's dream and somebody else's artistic endeavor, but it didn't necessarily fit in my grand scheme.

I don't think there's anything less attractive than a man over-dyeing things on his face, so I'm going to try, for as long as I can, to age as my male forefathers before me. My father started getting grays when he was in his 30s, as did my grandfather before him, so I don't want to look perpetually young.

I hate it when something is set in 1967 and every piece of furniture was made in 1967. No! If it's set in 1967, people have furniture given to them by their grandmother, which she bought in 1932!

Lou Grant was pretty much always Lou Grant.

I don't like being over-friendly, as people could take me for granted.