Quotes About Genuineness

You can't be another person's honesty, child, but you can be your own.

Xeno couldn't manage too much nearness. He was solitary and introverted, with an enthusiasm that people mistook for sociability. He was interested in everything, attentive to people, genuinely kind, and entirely present when he was present. But he was never sorry to close the door at night or to be alone.

Phoenix was square and straight, boxy and boxed in, and above all, fake.

If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic.

It is proof of sincerity, which I value above all things; as, between those who practice it, falsehood and malice work their efforts in vain.

I avoid falling into a trap of doing work solely to impress people. I always ask myself, "What don't I ever see?"

Work hard and be authentic. Everything else will fall into place.

Everybody I'm working with now is a friend. And I would be very, very remiss to work with anybody in the future who has not shown me who they really are.

I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.

I don't know that I'm unique in that people relate to my music, but I would hope people would say that I'm honest and that I do the best work I can possibly do instead of coasting.

I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.

I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does.

I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in a reality, because that's what I need to make a character work.

It's not as if you can act bigger to fit the surroundings or the budget more. Whatever, it just doesn't work that way.

I don't really have a strategy other than to just be myself.

Be yourself. I had this three-week period where I wore this straw fedora. I thought it was what chicks wanted. And then it dawned on me that I was trying to be something that I wasn't, so I took the fedora off. So be yourself.

Don't try to be anyone else. Don't try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths.

I want to stress to people to be themselves instead of trying to be like others.

The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it.

I just think the way Regina King carries herself in this industry is something to strive for. Even though she's been in the business as long as she has, she's still just one of the most genuine, realest people I've met so far. And so watching her, I realize that I don't have to change who I am at the core in order to have a career.

I strive for honesty because I think that's where the funniest stuff comes from.

People striving for approval from others become phony.

In my work, I'm always striving to be as honest as possible.

People love authenticity in comedy and, coming from a region, you get a very strong sense of place. They can place you straight away, so they can relax.