James Gunn Quotes

When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

Be it 120 frames or 24 frames or film or theatre, you're trying to be a fully formed human being and trying to be honest.

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

Please understand that I make music to express myself, and if you know anything about me, you know that I'm nothing but honest.

For me, the best way to be as an artist is to be completely yourself, letting that vulnerability come through.

If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come.

I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I've learned is that freedom comes when you tell your story; freedom comes when you tell the truth.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

I feel as though there are things that I'm trying to do - you know, capturing truthfully some aspect of human experience - and I'm trying really hard not to be fake. And in writing, as in life, it's harder than you think.

I feel it's much easier to be honest or be myself in songs when I'm playing. That's why I felt, 'You know, I'm going to write the truth.'

I hope being honest about my experiences and contextualizing them empowers young women to step into their truths, tell their own stories, and live visibly.

We only get better by telling our real story. That's the only way to be.

What is originality? It is being one's self, and reporting accurately what we see and are.

'Birdman' came from a very beautiful side of me, from a part of honesty and surrender about things.

There's the dual challenge of wanting to speak from an authentic place, and then being able to be honest about it. Even in the most mannered art, I think that's what people value, is a voice that comes from a real place.

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

My style is all to myself.

Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

Being so honest in my writing is cathartic.

It is when I am working that the real me comes out - that is when I am the most real and honest.

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

Although rap is about boasting, it's also about honesty and expressing your emotions.