Eric Avery Quotes

I'm never gonna sell my soul or violate myself for no amount of dollars or fame.

Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.

I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

I've been really lucky thus far with acting, in that I can do things I believe in and feel good about, and feel good about myself. If for some reason one day that ends, I won't do it anymore. If I feel like I have to compromise myself to continue to be in this industry, I don't want to do that.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.

If you can maintain your standards and your integrity and you fail, it's OK. It's when you sell out and you fail that you feel pretty sick inside.

I've had too many opportunities to sell out.

We have so little control as actors, but there are ways you can maintain your integrity. I have to say I've never compromised myself in this career once. I've never done something I didn't believe in.

I have refused money sometimes for a film. I have refused films when I felt that it was not for me. When it was just a job or just about making money, I said no. I wanted to make every film count, and when you are true to yourself, this gives you a certain integrity and a certain reputation.

I don't think I can live a life of compromise. If I did, I wouldn't be able to sleep properly.

I never compromised my integrity by playing a character. I didn't tweet anybody something crazy. I was just myself, kept winning and stayed ready. I didn't sell my soul.

I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.

From the moment I went to Hollywood for the first time, I was accused by various people of selling out. So I feel I've done my sell-out films already. I've sold everything! I've sold every piece of soul I ever had!

I see myself as a creative being. My only fear is compromising my integrity. I guess that's a constant struggle.

I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.

You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.

At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.

I need to hold onto my soul and my integrity, and I can't compromise that.

In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.