Quotes About Genuineness

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living.

I don't have to go through life being mean or having a stern face just to play basketball. I enjoy the game and play it how I like to play it.

I try to stick with things that I can sing with honesty.

I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.

It sounds cliche, but if someone is willing to be themselves and not try too hard to someone they're not - that sticks. That is what makes an amazing first impression.

I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear.

You look for the way something is built. You see a Prada bag and you look at the stitching at the back. If it's a fake one, then they make it really cheap. If it's a real Prada bag and I will look at it, I will count every single stitch and make sure they are exact distance apart.

I think about what I say. I don't give stock answers. I'm not trying to cultivate an image with the public, like several of the top players do.

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.

And once you cease to be a real person, you stop being a good actor.

Some people, they feel like they have to change and try to go out and do this or do things for the cameras. I'm myself at all times, whether I'm at a grocery store or I'm speaking to a school. I want to be as levelheaded and down to earth as possible, because that's who I am.

I'm just going to be myself. And when you're bein' yourself, you don't have to back up lies or the stories you told. You don't got to sugarcoat nothin'.

The first rule of hip-hop is probably keep it real. And that can mean a lot of different things, but that's certainly important in reporting and storytelling.

The filming happens in my home, and I cook like I do at home, on my home stove with my house pots and so on. That's who I am. I am very true to my real profile.

I've learned a lot over the years, but I am an honest person, and when I'm not happy, I can't fake a smile. If there is a problem, you will know straight away because you will see it on my face.

America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or 'the genuine article' when it comes to our leaders. As a nation, we can 'feel it in our gut' when someone is giving us a bum steer.

I can't stand people who are backward. I am honest, straightforward. I don't like to pretend. And I will not change either.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

I am a serious and straightforward person.

Si te liberas de esa compulsión, pensó Paul de pronto, si escapas de esa necesidad de engatusar y convencer y seducir, lo que quede después serás tú, tu verdadero ser.

In order to have what you really want, you must first be who you really are.

Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.

You learn the secret of this business, which is there's no secret. Be yourself.