Quotes About Sincerity

I'm not trying to become popular.

I don't like it when people spout about the popular opinion just to make it louder.

It's not a popularity contest to me. It should always be about the music.

I just love Portland, man. For real.

There is no particular character that I wish to portray. I just want to push myself to do justice to whichever role I am offered.

I don't try to portray some lifestyle that I'm not living.

I don't want to try to sell myself or portray something that I'm not.

Country music listeners really like genuineness, and I hope that's what we portray, and I think that's what we do.

I never looked at it like I'm one of the most respected, but I always tried to stay to who I was. The way that I am in my music is the way that I am. I'm just not tryna portray nobody but Brad, period!

I think there will be times where I need to be more serious, and I'll show that. I'll show an intensity that I think a lot of people can't really show or portray.

As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.

I'm just being P.J., that's the number one thing, I'm just being me. Like I'm not portraying something or acting or putting on something that I wouldn't put on every day in my life or doing anything that I wouldn't already be doing.

It might be said that the pose of absolute honesty is the most dishonest one of all.

I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.

In my experience, growing up in Brooklyn and all that, the real tough guys didn't act tough. They didn't talk tough. They were tough, you know? I think about these politicians who try to pose as tough guys - it makes me laugh.

Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people.

What's important to me is love, especially that. What's important to me is growing and evolving. But ultimately, what's important to me is being real and being authentic. I've spent enough time in my life holding poses, playing roles.

That's the way I like my posh people, up front. I like the fact that Jack Whitehall will talk about being posh, or David Mitchell.

They're not posing as being Jesus Christ all the time.

I never want to be randomly posing with a product or putting my name to a brand arbitrarily.

I always want to talk about real life, not about material possessions. I've got to tell the story of the people for the people and not for celebrity or fame.

I make an effort to keep it as real as I possibly can.

Fake is, like, the worst word you could possibly use to describe anything, you know?

I want to be as honest as I possibly can. I sleep better at night.