Quotes About Sincerity

I don't want to try to fool people into thinking that I'm something that I'm not.

I think if I was fooling the people, over 35 years of it now, I would've been caught already fooling them.

I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest.

What I never want to do is start phoning it in and making things just to show that I can keep my foot in the door and do big movies.

Sometimes in entertainment, when people have done the Academy Awards - like, for example, in 'The Bodyguard' - I just didn't believe it; it didn't feel authentic.

I'm really not someone who is drawn to something that's in your face, it feels a little forced.

Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced.

Acting is just being a man. Being human. Not forcing it.

First and foremost, I just have to be myself.

Authenticity in any format is important, so I try as hard as I can to stay as real as possible.

I've seen people 'turn up' for the camera, thinking that this is the best way to maximize their platform and get more camera time. This formula works, but it's shortsighted.

It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.

I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune.

I never made a fortune by defrauding others.

I work in a public forum, and all I can do is say what I honestly feel.

Nothing is ever off the table at 'The Fosters' as long as it's based in reality.

I am pretty frank of a guy. That used to be appreciated, back in the day.

I am just very honest and frank, and a lot of people cant handle that.

I'm telling the story, and if I can't tell the story, I'm not going to sing it. And if I don't agree with the story, and if I got to sing something that portrays me as something I'm not, then I'm not going to sing it either. I didn't even want to sing Aretha Franklin's 'Chain of Fools.'

I don't like to pay lip service. I don't frankly like to talk about stuff.

Whatever I feel, I say frankly.

I cannot and will not play something if I still have questions. I feel like I am being fraudulent.

I'm a human being and I will make mistakes from time to time but what I will say is that any mistakes I make are very honest ones.

I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentally good - as long as you're not being bad to people - people give you a lot of room to be yourself, because being yourself is being honest. And that's what people want to see.