Quotes About Genuineness

I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.

You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.

The things I do, I do for me, not for no publicity stunt or cameras or whatever.

I don't even know what 'keep it real' means. I mean, where you live doesn't make you real, you know what I'm saying? I take care of my family, my friends and I live in a nice house and whatnot but you never forget where you came from.

Some people be game-goofy and words don't sound right coming out of their mouthpiece. But whenever E-40 says something it's just solidified.

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.

I think if you write from your own gut, you'll come up with something interesting, whereas if you sit around guessing what people want, you end up with the kind of same schlock that everybody else has got.

After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

I am not a hypocrite to wear gloves while shaking hands with the people who come to meet me. But I like to maintain personal hygiene and take care of myself when I am not at work.

I'm not going to be the artist that talks about a million dollar whip and 'I just bought some red bottoms.' That's cool, but that's not all there is to it. I'd rather talk about something everyone can relate to and feel.

Anything that needs to be labelled 'The Entertainment' usually isn't - especially when it is provided by the endlessly enthusiastic Joel or Nadia wearing trainers and a whistle.

Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.

I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person.

Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I'm very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.

I take a lot of pride in being able to say that what you see is what you get.

I don't take much pride in fake fighting.

My original idea was to photograph Princess Diana in her tiara. But then I thought, am I interested in seeing another picture of her as a royal person, or would I rather see what she is actually about? And that's why I decided to do her without jewels, without shoes, without trimmings.

Our generation, I think, has a demand for authenticity that exceeds any prior generation.

I've won fair-play prizes, but that's just my nature, my character. This is who I am, and I do not feel the need to hide the real me.

People thought 'Classic Man' was processed. But then they realized, 'Oh, this guy actually is that man, and he actually dresses like that.'

I don't feel I have to charm somebody, I feel I want to know them; it's a different thing.

What is the point of me changing? If I became another person, it would be bad. If I acted in a different way with my friends, they would not be happy. It's important I stay the same.

The last thing on earth I wanted to do was make a movie that plays directly to a sort-of frat boy audience, you know?

I feel like I've been lucky, because I don't feel like I've ever tried to be somebody I'm not. People might disagree.