Quotes About Genuineness

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

I'm not a great one for chatting people up because it's phoney.

I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.

And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.

You can't cheat comedy. You know, it either is going to be there on the day you capture or it's not.

I'm not one of those celebrities that will just put my name on something and expect to get a check.

It is very important to just be real and have a good check on reality in life.

I just wanted to be myself and that's why I chose to do 'Big Brother,' because I wanted everyone to see the real Amy Childs.

I chose to be this guy. It's who I want to be, and it's always been me - just keepin' it country.

All the drama you see about Christianity or the Catholic religion? People are seeing through that, and there are really authentic people out there with faith.

Even if I'm playing a superhero, it has to be steeped in reality.

I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest.

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.

Often we're recreating what we think we're supposed to be as human beings. What we've been told we're supposed to be, instead of who we authentically are. The key about the creation of full self-expression is to be authentically who you are, to project that.

I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, because sometimes I don't feel anything at all for things I'm supposed to, and other times I feel too much. It's not always like it is in the movies.

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.

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.

To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?

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

We are true to our name. We're somewhat beneath the surface, and I think well always be to a certain extent.

I hate stories in which a person has an occupation and you never see him working at it, like all those marvelous Cary Grant movies where he's a surgeon, and you never see him in the operating room.

I have not had any plastic surgery in any shape or form. No implants. And my hair is not dyed.

I learned with 'The Disaster Artist,' when I was writing the book, the audience will follow you if you really try to do something different. The biggest thing is, you want to be genuine and try to surprise your audience with kind of a new direction.