Quotes About Sincerity

I am not a comedian.

I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible.

I feel like when you just say what the truth is, you can't really comment more than that.

Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth.

I don't think anything that I have done has been forced by commerce exclusively.

I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.

If a guy won't commit, he's a player.

The more you try to look sexy, the lamer it is, so you just have to commit to the comedy.

For me, earnestness is the greatest crime an Englishman can commit.

I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.

I like communicating and being open and committing. That, for me, has always been something that I like to do.

Positive characterizations are complex characterizations. That's all we need to know. They shouldn't be saccharine. They shouldn't feel like medicine.

In my experience, when you're writing, you want the truth, and you don't want to be apologetic in any way. But there is something in writing, the complexity of it, that works against that aim.

When people see me in something and say, 'That's just you - that's not acting,' it's the best compliment I can get.

Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.

I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts.

I always try to conduct myself in the right way - I always speak honestly and from the heart.

I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.

If my music has power, I don't have to hashtag anything. If it has to connect with someone, it will. That has been my experience.

I connect emotionally to these songs. I mean what I say when I say it, and that allows your audience to connect. That's the number-one reason why any music is successful, because you make people feel something.

I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.

I would love to be on a show where I'm allowed to play a character that you're not suspicious of, from the get-go, and who's someone that you can just relax with, take in and like, right off the bat.