Quotes About Genuineness

the thing I came for: [...] the thing itself and not the myth

There's nothing worse than trying to patch something or make do. If there wasn't something there in the beginning, it won't be there at the end.

Im aware that sometimes if youre trying to be somebody else, you end up saying words that just dont sound like your voice. And for better or worse, I want to be Paul Sinha, I dont want to be Bradley Walsh. Bradley Walsh is the king of what he does because hes Bradley Walsh.

If you are who you are on stage, people pay attention.

Everything isn't always going to be peaches and cream. If it is, then it's fake.

I'm real, and that what you see is what you get with me. I want people to know that I'm just Julianne. I'm not somebody that needs to be put up on a pedestal.

I feel like when I try to fit in, it comes across as not genuine, and that is not good. I'd rather just do me and have people say, 'Oh. That's interesting,' than try to fit in.

I've had people say things to me like, 'Don't change.' I don't know how to be anything other than myself.

One thing I cannot stand is when people say, 'Hi, how are you?' and they don't wait to hear how I am. They're just going through the motions. I say to people: 'Keep it human. Keep it alive. Don't turn into a robot.' You have to hear what the other person is saying clearly.

I don't only like R&B. I always love in life when you see people acting in a way that is true and genuine to them but doesn't fit into the perceived notion of how they would respond to something.

I can't be passionate about something or really give myself to something if I don't know it's a hundred percent authentic to who I am.

You don't want to play a perfect person; no one cares about that.

I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am.

I can see it in even great actors' performances, when they're phoning it in.

I'm committed to an honest expression, not necessarily a performance.

As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self.

If a comedian has a strong following, and the branded segment feels different compared to what you typically do, people will know right away that it's not authentic to who you are as a comedian or performer. Brands need to keep that in mind.

I am not a circus performer.

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that's a lie. The less I have to hide, the less I have to act.

I'm not interested in a persona.

I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.

I'm not a persona, and I'm not a character. I'm always the same person.

I don't have a persona or anything like that that I'm trying to live up to.

There's still people who think me being married to a sista is an act. What, you think I'd make that up for a persona?