“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person... Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth.”
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Brian Slade

“You're more authentic than all the people who worship you, and that's the problem you're lookin' at... the real fraud. I told myself this was all about the work. But if that were the truth, it wouldn't matter to me that you got all the attention, and it does; it does. I'm sorry, Simone.”
Al Pacino - Viktor Taransky

“Is it really important not to lie, to speak so that everything rings true? Can one live without lying and quibbling and making excuses? Isn't it better to be lazy and lax and deceitful? Perhaps you even improve by staying as you are.”

Bibi Andersson - Alma

“Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore.”
John Travolta

“- Royal Tenenbaum: Look, I know I'm going to be the bad guy on this one, but I just want to say the last six days have been the best six days of probably my whole life.
- Narrator: Immediately after making this statement, Royal realized that it was true.”

Gene Hackman - Royal Tenenbaum
Alec Baldwin - Narrator