Authenticity quotes

“Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.”
Sir Sidney Poitier

“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make yourself feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
Michael Stuhlbarg - Mr. Perlman

“I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange.”
Missi Pyle

“The best advice I've ever got is to be yourself. Stay true to who you are and what you stand for and you'll go far in life.”
Snoop Dogg

“I think that the lesson that I learned came just in time. I don't want to be something that I'm not. I didn't like being someone else. At the same time I'm very glad I was cause I found out something that I never knew. You might as well like yourself. Just think about all the time you're going to have to spend with you. And if you don't think...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jerry Lewis - Prof. Julius Kelp

“- Mary Austin: What's it like, singing for all those people?
- Freddie Mercury: When I know they're listening, when I know I really have them, I couldn't sing off-key if I tried. I am exactly the person I was always meant to be. I'm not afraid of anything... The only other time I ever feel that way is when I'm with you.”
Lucy Boynton - Mary Austin
Rami Malek - Freddie Mercury

“Everyone has a part of themselves they hide. Even from the people they love most.”
Sally Field - Aunt May

“On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.”
Anthony Quinn

“Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.”
Ethel Merman

“- Kevin: Who is you, Chiron?
- Black: I'm me man. I ain't trying to be nothing else.”
André Holland - Kevin
Trevante Rhodes - Black

“Fearlessly be yourself.”
Anthony Rapp

“When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. ”
Bradley Whitford

“Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.”
Queen Latifah

“Homes are for free expression, not for good impression.”
Rene Russo - Helen North

“If only I had been raped as a child! Then I would know authenticity!”
Lara Flynn Boyle - Helen Jordan

Boy, just be yourself. If people don't like you for being yourself... Fuck 'em! Let me tell you something. I scored with a girl when I was about your age. I try to please her poppa all the time; wen' out my way to please her poppa. I came in one day, I said, "Nice weather we having". He said, "You can't say that. You can't say that; it might... (continue)(continue reading)
Bernie Mac - Uncle Vester

“You're nothing more than a puppet whose strings were cut and then you wondered around for a little while thinking you were a real girl, but you're not. You're just a clever imitation, a facsimile. A rather troublesome one, at that.”

Iain Glen - Dr. Isaacs

“Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.”
Jeff Bridges

“I drink therefore I am.”
W.C. Fields

“Going against the flow… takes a lot of courage. I respect that. Maybe people who can do it are just stupid, but… Well… What I’m sure of is that people like that are rare.”
Yû Shimamura - Annie Leonhart

“Authenticity is in woefully short supply.”
Julia Davis - Judge Charity

“Entertainment is often a medium in which you can put yourself front and center.”
John Cena

“I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.”
Kate McKinnon

“Music represents me better. I'm not acting; I'm just expressing myself.”
Lukas Haas

“I don't know what it is I exude. But whatever it is, it's whatever I am!”
Janet Leigh