Andrew Lincoln Quotes

I'm an actor, but I am an awful liar.

I can't act. I can't lie.

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

I get paid to lie to people as an actor. Country music is the one area that I don't lie. I tell the truth.

I'm a really rotten liar. Generally, if I've tried to pull off a lie, it hasn't worked out to my advantage.

I'm a really bad liar.

People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.

I don't do much lying in real life because I don't get away with it.

I doubt he knows himself when he’s not telling the truth.

I'm the worst liar - I can't lie for my life. And I don't lie at all, because I'm the worst liar - but as a kid, I thought I was a great liar, so I would lie all the time, but everybody knew I was lying.

I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put it, when I am lying and when I am not. For what is acting but lying and what is good acting but convincing lying?

Live a lie, and you will live to regret it; that's what livin' is to me.

Acting is all about being truthful. I'm really bad at lying. I'm one of the worst liars I know.

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we can be lied to. As I write, I think of myself as putting my eye under oath, so that what I write is the truth about my characters.

I was a terrific liar as a child, and I believe my lies. So it's a natural step into acting.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

Well, I think any actor can probably identify with being a professional liar. You don't always look at yourself that way, but I know a lot of days I do.

I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.

You cannot play naive if you're not.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

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.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.