Quotes About Truth

I think performers who pretend fashion doesn't matter are huge liars.

I don't pretend; I'm honest. Sometimes that causes a problem; I always say what I think.

Once I saw that we were not the ultimate arbiters of divine truth but flawed human beings, I couldn't pretend otherwise.

I can't pretend that I'm happy or pretend to get emotional when I'm not.

Over the years, I'd hear Jon Stewart disavow being a journalist and say, 'No, I'm a comedian.' I'd be like, 'Stop pretending. You know you're a journalist.'

The most important thing is to allow gaps and openings for people to make up their own minds - I don't want my film to be pretending to have one important truth to tell anyone.

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.

I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lying because you're just pretending to be yourself much like I'm doing now.

Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court?

It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're pretending - that is, when they're acting. The really good ones don't always seem to know themselves.

Actors are pretending for you, but they're not lying. They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves. They are finding things inside that they have experienced.

If you're 28 and singing about being over the hill, you're pretending. When you're 67 and singing about it, you know what you're talking about.

The best thing to do when you're writing is to write about something you know instead of pretending. I mean, you can do that too, obviously, but when you write from your heart, it works so much better.

Stop pretending journalists are anything other than the Hillary PR team.

I'm not pretending when I'm in that court room.

It's kind of frustrating when you're watching something and you know what's real and then people are telling you no. Fans are very into the idea of good old-fashioned marriage. They don't like pretending when you're married that you're not.

I don't do interviews under false pretenses.

Some people want to live in a world much prettier than the one I depict. But it exists, and I talk about it because it exists.

The world is not the prettiest place in this planetary universe.

I am no dancer.

I'm not a dancer at all.

In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.

When you're watching a documentary, the danger is to romanticize.