Quotes About Genuineness

but it is not that I do not think you a Christian; it is that I want you to be a downright real Christian, not one that is but trying to feel as a Christian ought to feel. I have lost so much precious time in that way!

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

This is another to be added to the many proofs that verisimilitude is not in the least an essential element of verity.

Being myself has worked out pretty well for me I think.

I've tried singing like somebody else, and it never worked for me. The only thing that has ever worked for me was me being me, so either you love it or not.

I may have come across as the blue collar working man because that's exactly who I was.

I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface.

It's like, sometimes I'll watch a movie, and it's got some big star in it playing a working-class person, and the character is in a grocery store, and you can kind of tell, from just watching the scene, that this actor doesn't do their own shopping. So you have to have some sense of reality.

It sounds super cliche, but staying true to yourself and what you are works.

I've never been about just trying to do what works. I've been about trying to authentically express how I feel.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

Me in a cape? I don't fancy that. Tight tights? Nah! I don't think that's right for me. I just respond more to true stories; that's my flavour.

Sometimes I might say controversial stuff, but it's all Darren Till, and that's the truth.

I'm going through this phase where I don't make an effort to make friends with anyone. This is primarily because I know that people try to make friends only till the time the camera is on. I'm not comfortable with such friendships and I didn't resort to it in 'Bigg Boss' either.

The one thing I've always tried to do in my life, in my work, on TV, is I just keep it real. I find it hard and time-consuming to try to be fake.

The only tip I can give is just be yourself, you don't have to copy another song to be popular.

I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am. What you see is what you get.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

I think people are tired of fake music, man. And there's a lot of it. Technology has reached the point where any boob can walk into a studio and with a little AutoTuning you can have a hit song. I think it's pathetic.

There are times a country is so tired of bull that only the truth can provide relief.

I don't have to put on a front. If I had to, it would be difficult and tiring.

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

You have to be honest about who you are.

I don't like nicknames, to be honest.