Quotes About Genuineness

I feel like being true to yourself is always going to keep you humble; it's always going to make you remember who you are.

Don't try to be somebody you're not because it doesn't work. If you try to be this perfect person or perfect persona of what you think that somebody should be when they're involved in public office, it's just not going to work. Just be yourself, stay true to your core values, and really just stay abreast of the issues.

Always be yourself... unless you suck.

But to me, to be original is to be yourself.

You can't really go wrong as long as you're true to yourself.

You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you've got to be straight up with you.

You can fool a lot of yourself but you can't fool the soul.

If you are going to do something, you have to do it for yourself, and that's what I try to do. I try to be authentic and try to be original, so that's what I try to be. A lot of people try to build big brands but have received bad advice, and they don't try to be authentic and real with themselves.

As long as you're being yourself and putting out what you want to put out, it'll be the best thing you could do.

I think if you're an interesting person, you don't have to cloud yourself in mystery for people to want to know more about you.

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.

Tink is the voice of the youth. I'm not one of those artists who talks about unrealistic things or fairy tales. I'm not talking about expensive things and cars. I'm actually talking about what's going on in my life and every teenager's life, too.

To me, what's really an important difference between traditional entertainment and digital - on YouTube specifically - is that people thrive when they're authentic about themselves.

I just try to show up and be relaxed and present and honest. And that's my only trick. And sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Honestly, sometimes it really doesn't work.

The people who like my work, I know that I can't trick them into laughing someplace where there is not a genuine reason to laugh.

If you're a comedian, it's a bit of a choice whether or not you want to be funny when you're not performing because it might feel disingenuous. In the same way, I don't show people magic tricks in social situations any more.

I've always been 100%. I don't grandstand for the cameras. I don't have fake outrage or indignation. No tricks, no screaming or throwing my leg on the floor.

I have tried to be honest with every single character that I have played because I don't know the methods or I don't know tricks to act.

I've been lucky - all the ads I've got, I've got to be myself. I haven't had to act too much or tried too hard to be someone I'm not. I think that's why people sort of like them. Even the Fastrack ads I did with Genelia.

I always have sort of been someone who has contradictory parts, and I haven't tried to uncomplicate myself. I've sort of let things seem contradictory, and sometimes it really confuses people. I don't know if it's working all the time, but I'd rather do that than try to sell myself as one thing or another.

I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.

I think the important thing is that I've never tried to be someone I'm not. People can read right through that.