Quotes about Authenticity

True success consists not in becoming the person you dreamed of being when you were young, but in becoming the person you were meant to be, the person you are capable of being when you are at your best.

Any God worth worshipping should prefer honest anger to hypocritical praise.

I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

What is true is what is true for you. No one has any right to force data on you and command you to believe it or else. If it is not true for you, it isn't true. Think your own way through things, accept what is true for you, discard the rest. There is nothing unhappier than one who tries to live in a chaos of lies.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.

There is no overacting, only untrue acting.

Any conversation which does not include the context of the journey of the heart is by definition untrue to who we are as human beings.

When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it. It humbles me that companies want me. It's a challenge to uphold their values and make their product look good. I take that personally.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.

Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.

When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work , but the solidest thing we know.