Quotes About Deception

My mom, through my dad, rented the apartment next door to his... he had the lease on both places. But then, she would dress up and act like his maid... a practical maid. No fantasies.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

I know that there are people in the industry who praise me in person and then stab me in the back.

It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.

I prank my manager. I tell him I've lost my passport, or I've lost my case, or I hide his case. He is so gullible, he is the most gullible person ever.

Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice.

I just thought 'Blue' was a great premise and a great set-up for conflict. I love the idea of exploring a character who's living a secret life and is going to drown in the lies she's telling.

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

If there's one thing we know about President Trump, it's that he lies and he cheats. Endlessly. And shamelessly. But still, mostly, incompetently.

I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had.

If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure.

I think pressure gets to people when it appears they're trying to cover things up.

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

I always pretend like I'm nervous no matter what. I try to fall asleep.

We have a good arrangement. Roman lies to me and I pretend to believe him.

Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend.

One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.

I don't pretend that I can read minds. I don't believe anybody can read minds. In other words, I don't believe in psychics.

We mislead ourselves when we pretend we can make someone into an effective manager by putting them through a few courses in business school.

Pretend and real are all real to a psychopath.

Politicians pretend not to be smart.

When I retired, I took my money from the financial planner and proceeded to present the front that everything was fine. I had to pretend I still made $5 million a year.