Quotes About Sincerity

There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not trying to pull a caper.

I'm not trying to be anything other than the way I was born and raised.

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me.

I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.

I think that people in general appreciate honesty and not trying to cook something up just to fit a mold that would be beneficial for you. I never made music like that.

Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.

So much comedy comes out of an earnest, deeply rooted need for one thing or another, trying to get it and caring so much that you lose your sense of self-awareness.

I'm not trying to be something that I'm not, and I think a lot of people can relate to that. They want something that's real, and I think I give that to them.

I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

To make a genuine record, it takes more than a cool beat and some auto tune.

I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.

Tupac was real and honest about every question I asked.

We must have the audacity to turn up the frequency of our truths.

I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them.

I think that turning on the charm without being fake is really important.

First of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn't believe and doesn't seek the faith. Premise that - and it's the fundamental thing - the mercy of God has no limits if one turns to him with a sincere and contrite heart; the question for one who doesn't believe in God lies in obeying one's conscience.

My goal as an actor was just to be somebody very human. I'm not really interested in playing a character who is particularly cool and everything he does looks great and turns out great.

I don't doll myself up for TV because I want people to accept me for who I am.

I don't go out there and put on any sort of front for people. If I'm in a good mood, I appear in a good mood on TV, and if I'm in a bad mood, I just go out there and look like I'm in a bad mood.

I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.