Quotes About Reality

Maybe I don't believe things myself, as well. Truth is such a transient thing.

Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth is mostly very boring, and you can help it along with lies. There is no harm in that.

Truth is much stranger than fiction and, often, much more powerful.

I like characters like Ignatius Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces' and Ricky Gervais's character in 'The Office.' They think one thing about themselves, but the truth is as far from that as it can be. So I began to think about how to put that kind of character in a book for kids.

Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.

Dandyism is a lie which reveals the truth, and the truth is that we are what we pretend to be.

Every young male actor dreams of being James Bond in an action movie. And that's their first role. But the truth is, when it comes down to it, that's not relatable.

I think the truth is always interesting, but with politicians, you don't get to see much of that.

The truth is that real history was a lot more complicated than our popular understandings lead us to believe.

Understanding truth is the primary objective of science, not doing good for the world.

Stone's Rules exist because sometimes the truth is too painful, and the lies will land you in prison.

Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort of reality.

Today we live in a world now where it is easy to confuse truth and popularity. And you can use money to amplify whatever you believe and get people to believe what is popular is now truthful. And what is not popular may not be truthful.

I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.

I don't believe truth is conveyed by style and presentation. I don't think that if it was grainy and full of handheld material, it would be any more truthful.

I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles.

In Shakespeare's world, characters cannot trust their senses. Is the ghost in Hamlet true and truthful, or is it a demon, tempting young Hamlet into murderous sin? Is Juliet dead or merely sleeping? Does Lear really stand at the edge of a great cliff? Or has the Fool deceived him to save his life?

It struck me that working digitally with a small crew, I could lay out a general plan for Famous and hope for mistakes which would create something more than satire and something less than truthful reality.

I think it's fair to ask how truthful a film is as opposed to how factual it is.

One mark of a deteriorating society is when people cannot discern between truth and lies. Another is that they don't care and will believe whatever their itching ears want to hear.

What's on your mind becomes what's in your life. So think the thoughts you want to see.

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in.

I'm really demanding. No girl really wants just a guy. You want a prince, you want Jesus. So when he comes around and his name is, like, Steve, what are you supposed to do?

People believe what they want to believe.