The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.
Anthony HopkinsMy songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.
Dave GrohlElectric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
Charles DickensI’m always cast in these strange men… that’s not me, really.
Anthony HopkinsI’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.
Taylor SwiftI’ve never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record.
Taylor SwiftThe fact is that when you do something from your heart, you leave a heart print.
Alice WalkerI’ve always felt that if I examine myself too much, I’ll find out what I know and don’t know, and I’ll burst the bubble. I’ve gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I’d rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.
Clint EastwoodMy fans don’t feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I’m going through now, they’ll hear about it on a record someday. They’ll hear the real story. There’s a little bit of lag time. It’s not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it’s much more accurate.
Taylor SwiftI am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.
Kevin HartI don’t believe in endorsing a product that you don’t want to endorse.
Taylor SwiftIt is very hard to not be able to engage with people in a real and honest way because they either want something from me, or they see me as something that I simply am not.
Lady GagaSongs are my diaries; they always have been. You have to put your trust in everyone because putting down those real, personal details and thoughts that make a song authentic also opens you right up. I am constantly misunderstood; a lot of people just don’t get me.
Taylor SwiftFive exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.
Terry PratchettAll I can do is be me, whoever that is.
Bob DylanOf course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.
Dalai LamaIt is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Mahatma GandhiAlways be sincere, even if you don’t mean it.
Harry S. TrumanI don’t really have a gimmick or a ‚thing.‘ I’m one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day.
DrakeIt’s like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic self is going to follow you all through life, so make sure that it’s solid so it’s something that you can hold on and be proud of for the rest of your life.
Michelle ObamaI always wanted a great love affair: something that feels big and full, really honest, and enough. No moment should feel slight, false, or a little off. For me, it had to be everything.
Angelina JolieIn everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
Dave GrohlMy favorite writers have been those who’ve said things well.
Ray BradburyIt’s very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.
BonoSeek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
Immanuel KantI feel like when I try to fit in, it comes across as not genuine, and that is not good. I’d rather just do me and have people say, ‚Oh. That’s interesting,‘ than try to fit in.
Ariana GrandeI never wanted to write the sort of song that said, ‚Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!‘
Brian EnoEven if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Mahatma GandhiIf you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don’t really know me at all.
Lady GagaWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
Kurt VonnegutWhat I see, what I went through, what a friend of mine may have went through, whatever – I rap about it.
Kevin GatesThe single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself.
Dwayne JohnsonKnow, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
EpictetusThe snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
Lao TzuI’m not a star. I don’t feel I’m so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you’ve got my signature on a piece of paper?
Mr. TI love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it.
Kevin HartI don’t see the point of doing an interview unless you’re going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I’m extremely human and have done some dark things I don’t think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I’d like to think it’s the nice thing to do.
Angelina JolieIf you only believe that you’re an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that’s quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
Lady GagaI never do anything that I don’t want to do.
Kevin HartSomebody once asked me what my theory of life was, and I said, ‚Don’t try.‘ That fits the writing, too. I don’t try; I just type.
Charles BukowskiI’m afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. I’m afraid they’ll mock me, think I’m ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the ‚light-hearted‘ Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the ‚deeper‘ Anne is too weak.
Anne FrankI just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There’s no tricks. It’s honesty with big melodies.
Bruno MarsI’ve definitely seen bands before they made money kind of change their thing on the next tour, and I prefer it when it’s a little more raw.
Bruno MarsI’ve been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.
Lana Del ReyI don’t see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way – artistically.
Lady GagaI find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously.
David ByrneFear is present when we forget that we are a part of God’s divine design. Learning to experience authentic love means abandoning ego’s insistence that you have much to fear and that you are in an unfriendly world. You can make the decision to be free from fear and doubt and return to the brilliant light of love that is always with you.
Wayne DyerI’m sticking to the script, I’m putting that organic feeling back in the game.
Kendrick LamarMost people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Oscar WildeIt is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
George Bernard ShawA ‚No‘ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‚Yes‘ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Mahatma GandhiI don’t have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.
Cristiano RonaldoI say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There’s no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.
EminemThe hardest thing for – not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge, you know, their own flaws and fears and imperfections and put them out there in the open for people to relate to it.
Kendrick LamarI’ve been lucky – all the ads I’ve got, I’ve got to be myself. I haven’t had to act too much or tried too hard to be someone I’m not. I think that’s why people sort of like them. Even the Fastrack ads I did with Genelia.
Virat KohliLet us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.
Richard M. NixonI find that when I get on stage now, I don’t want to perform a lot of my songs because they don’t feel like me. So I want to make songs that are timeless.
RihannaI feel like the reason people feel like they know me is because I’m giving you myself in the music. There’s where the connection comes from; you can’t Twitter that.
J. ColeThe image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.
Elvis Presley