Jules Renard Quotes

Never get caught acting.

It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste.

I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.

It is Hillary's lot in life not to be able to fake it well.

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

These are the two sides of Steven Spielberg: the reverent grown-up who knows when to say the right thing and the exuberant kid who loves a good laugh. Both sides are sincere, and both are necessary, for Spielberg knows he can't feel good about himself unless everyone else feels the same way.

You have to really care about what you say. And if you don't, it will never come out quite right, unless you go into acting, in which case you have to act fast before you realize it is something which you do not believe in.

The point is to be good-to be sensitive and sincere.

Helping others is a question of being genuine and projecting that genuineness to others. This way of being doesn't have to have a title or a name particularly. It is just being ultimately decent.

People who know how to act are never preachers.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.

Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap. I promise you. It's just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don't buy it. Be smart. Be thoughtful and be generous.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.

I abhor hypocrisy.