Quotes About Pretense

You cannot be in pretend for people to like you.

If you're gonna pretend to be something, then you have to at least live up to what it is.

Just be yourself. As an actor, you pretend all day - that's what the job calls for. So, when it comes to my personal life, a woman who keeps it real is a breath of fresh air.

I have a thing that I do when I meet famous people, where I try to play it really cool. Sometimes I pretend like I don't know them.

I come home from trying to pretend to know about astronomy and physics all day and turn on 'The Real Housewives'.

I've always wanted to do an Indian film, but I didn't want to come to India and pretend that I could play an average Bombay girl.

I'm not going to ask musicians to sit there and pretend to play. It feels insulting to the musicians to me.

Politicians pretend not to be smart.

When I tell my friends, 'I'm in the 'Bourne' movie,' they're like, 'Congratulations! Wait... is Matt Damon coming back?' I go, 'Yeah.' And they're like, 'Yo! Matt Damon! Matty D!' Everyone pretends they know Matt Damon. It's exciting.

I've always made music on my own, but I didn't think there was a platform for that, so I thought I had to pretend it was a band.

I don't like it when people act extra-familiar and pretend that they are my best friends when they are actually not.

Most people try to isolate themselves and pretend like things are all good when a lot of times, that's not how it is.

While men pretend not to judge women for the way they look, we go to great lengths to pretend we don't care, either.

There's stuff in this world, everybody pretends they understand. But we don't understand. It's important to listen.

I don't like how sometimes people pretend to not be a certain way.

Always come to a conversation armed with two drinks. Then if it's dire you can pretend you were on the way to find someone else. And if it's interesting, you can stay and down both glasses without moving.

I can't pretend that I'm happy or pretend to get emotional when I'm not.

One time, I went to a Bruins game and I had to pretend that I was a Bruins fan, but I'm truly a Habs fan.

Sometimes people pretend to be someone else and act in a different way, everyone carries an invisible mask.

I wouldn't say I always have the talent to do something - I think I definitely probably have a moderate amount of talent - but I can pretend to have confidence or, I guess, charisma... It's so hard to look at myself like that.

I was a very lame skinhead. I had to be in by 8:30 P. M., so I used to pretend that I had a baby sister I had to go home and baby-sit.

I've never been one of those nanas who pretends to be young.

I find it interesting that there are impostors out on the Internet pretending to be Werner Herzog.

My life is actually empty, so I feel like I'm lying to everyone by pretending to be happy on the outside.