Quotes About Genuineness

I don't do interviews under false pretenses.

My father got to see the first 10 years of my career. He implored me to always appreciate people who are not operating under any sort of false pretense or who weren't caught up in their own success.

I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension.

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

It's not my personality to brag in any way or be pretentious. It's just not my nature.

I never want to be pretentious.

I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.

I'm pretty much an open book.

If I'm not authentic, I might as well as be dead.

Be true to yourself, pick something that really matters to them and is dear to them.

Do not be deceived by impostors.

I don't want to worry about maintaining an air of decorum that's not natural to me.

Deep down, on a human level, I think everyone knows that it is better to live an authentic life.

I've not had a deliberate image makeover.

I don't have a lot of time for things that are deliberately, achingly cool.

You can't deny who you are, so you might as well be yourself in the most authentic way.

I would say critically of myself that I am somebody without secrets. Sometimes acting depends on you having a secret. I don't think I've ever had that.

I want to play characters that are real, that have depth in them.

I think people have come to know me, and I don't deviate too much as an individual. What you see is what you get.

Everybody has their own way of tapping into their realness.

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

My mother and father just taught me the basics: to be really kind, to really listen to people. I have never been one to put on airs and graces.

I have always felt that promoting somebody else's mistake as a superlative product is not my cup of tea.