Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

That's quite a difficult thing in life, to be who you are. And when you are doing interviews, you kind of feel this need to say something interesting.

I don't think you can do something wrong with your identity if you're living in your authenticity.

I ran out of any type of persona. I just had to be me.

I think it's always best to be who you are.

I just like talking, and I'm really truthful. Sometimes things come out of my mouth, and I think, 'Maybe I shouldn't have said that,' but at the end of the day, I am who I am! When I'm not acting, I'm going to be fully Hayley Hasselhoff, and that's what you're going to get. And I enjoy that.

I'm not hiding who I am anymore - not pretending I'm something I'm not.

I want to be myself. I want to be as authentic as possible.

Remember to always be yourself.

I decided a long time ago to be myself and not worry too much about cultivating some kind of personality that didn't feel natural or true to who I am.

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

Getting to be authentic is so liberating.

When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.

2020 for me is a really big year of realness and authenticity and just being who I am.

When you're able to be honest with yourself about who you are and finally can present your authentic true self to the world, you feel so much better about yourself, and it makes it easier for everyone else to feel better about you.

Honestly, you cannot go wrong with being yourself.

Man, that's all I can do, just be myself.

I cannot be anyone else but Memphis. I tried that, and I was not happy with myself.

I'm not a guy that's gonna go out there and not be me and be fake and talk a bunch of crap.

Artists can be themselves. They don't have to pretend to be somebody they're not.

I'm trying to be as real as I can and I'm being myself. I'm not gonna create an act.

Everyone is different, and I would rather be disliked for who I am than liked for who I am not.

I felt like a failure for so long because I wasn't able to access myself in the way I knew I would have if I was going to make music that mattered. I knew I was going to have to learn how to be honest.

I'm not too good at being fake or being somebody else.

I want to show my true self, not how I want to be seen by others.

Stay true to who you are, even though that sounds cliché. It's something that's important - doing what feels right for you.