Quotes about Authenticity

Artists should be free to create what we want. I believe there's a special value in work that is a reflection of oneself as opposed to interpretation. When I see a film or a TV show about black people not written by someone who's black, it's an interpretation of that life.

Basically, I don't like to tweet stuff about my life. I only like to tweet jokes.

I'd rather have Ben Affleck feeling something than twenty minutes of punching CGI Zod. You want moments that resonate with your audience.

As long as you want to please everyone, you won't please anyone.

The people who receive the most approval in life are the ones who care the least about it--so technically, if you want the approval of others, you need to stop caring about it.

If we're really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what's causing us to do what we do.

I think young people really do care. They want to build their life on something that's solid and makes sense, that's rational, that's not built on mythology, make-believe and wishful thinking.

As long as we are faking it we are just showing the world how to fake it - but they already are! They want to see us get real.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

My goal is to make one-not a hodgepodge, but just the sort of record that I would want to listen to.

The church is the last place we want to be sold another product, the last place we want to be entertained.

I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.