Elizabeth Fraser Quotes

Even though I'm an actor, I'm a very bad liar.

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

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?

You cannot play naive if you're not.

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.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

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.

It might be said that the pose of absolute honesty is the most dishonest one of all.

People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

You have to be truthful and believable in whatever you do and that is the founding principle of acting.

I think art is much more valuable when it's honest. If it's not honest, it's just propaganda.

I don't lie very well!

From a place of truth, I think artists or actors have to be real with what they're doing.

Acting means nothing unless it's truth. And honesty.

Study after study shows that people are much less likely to lie to a person they consider to be honest.

I don't like people lying; I like honesty.

I'm not a particularly good liar.

I'm not a good liar. I just tell the truth; I think that's the best way.

If you don't tell the whole truth about yourself, life is a ridiculous exercise.

If I utter one lie, I'll have to remember it the next time someone asks me about it. It's far simpler to state the truth.

Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won't forgive you if you lie.

I can't lie - I have one of those faces where you can tell. It's expressive and lends itself to being cheeky. I always tell the truth even when I should probably tell a white lie.