Mark Parker Quotes

I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.

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

Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.

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 cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

There's a bit of truth in everything I do, you know.

And if that isn't the truth, it would be a lie.

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.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

I'm genuine and people can believe what I say.

I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

You just have to make sure you're writing about something that's true. It has to be honest and it has to have a real emotion behind it, regardless of where it's coming from.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

When the truth changes from your speaking, you know you have told the truth.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across.

People's passion and desire for authenticity is strong.

First and foremost, you want to be truthful as a storyteller.

It's best not to appear to believe what you say but to believe what you say.

What is earnest is not always the truth.

Don't you ever ask me for a true statement again!

This time it is the truth.

When you speak the truth, people realize that.

One of the things I learned early on was the system of believing: you have to believe in what you say. The camera is the arbiter of truth; it's the all-seeing eye that can pick out discrepancies. You can't lie to the camera. You must believe in what you're saying, or the audience won't believe you.