Quotes About Honesty

My approach is always the same. I try to be as honest as possible. Find the real honesty and humanity in the character because even a fictional character is supposed to feel real. And my job is to find that reality and bring it to the screen.

Society needs a couple of vents that say what you're not supposed to say.

I know I'm supposed to say this, but I really, genuinely think Matt Damon is a great dude.

This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.

You're supposed to have friends you can tell anything to.

I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.

You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

It is not my responsibility to determine whether Mr. Kavanaugh deserves to sit on the Supreme Court. My responsibility is to tell the truth.

I'm sure there are some things I'm not good at.

I'm probably the most honest person you'll ever meet - to a fault, like, I-will-hurt-your-feelings honest. I'm sure if I lied about anything, it would have been silly, but I haven't retained that information.

I'm not a complete psychopath. Am I partially? Sure. I'll accept that. But I'm not a complete psychopath.

I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.

Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips.

I don't like somebody saying to me in their performance, 'Look at this. Isn't this funny?' I pray that I don't do that. I'm sure I fall off the horse every once in a while, but I try not to.

Surely the whole point of writing your own life story is to be as honest as you possibly can, revealing everything about yourself that is most private and probably most interesting for that very reason.

You know that if you lie to yourself, surely other people lie to themselves. And if they lie to themselves, they will lie to you also.

If Edith Wharton lived in the Age of Innocence, surely we now live in the Age of Deception.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.

And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.

You can't just skim the surface of any role. You have to find the depths, because any other way would be dishonest.

I can 100 percent tell you that I have not gone under the surgeon's knife or had a facelift.

The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.