Alice Temperley Quotes

I have no affectation when I speak.

I'm just flowing through, when I see things, I talk about 'em. And it's cool. I don't want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it. I'm not perfect, and I'm just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time.

You don't need to over-dramatise life, you can just reflect it. It's more interesting, in a way, if it appears to ring true.

I love when a scene can almost be boring because it's so honest, you know.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than life - but there's nothing bigger than life.

I'm not an actor. Lord knows, I'd be acting if I were an actor. What you see is what you get.

I want to be seen here in my simple, natural, ordinary fashion, without straining or artifice; for it is myself that I portray... I am myself the matter of my book.

I find I don't need to be polished. I feel that you have to keep it real, and that's the best way to go.

To express yourself as you are, without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, is the most important thing.

I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.

I don't believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it.

I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.

I'm not fancy. I'm what I appear to be.

I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.

I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm.

I don't try to pretend to be what I'm not. I don't feel I need to do anything outrageous.

It's all about the script. Reality is key to me and less cutesy.

I like real people. I like real things.

I think I'm pretty simple; what you see is what you get.

I'm real. I'm not polished.

Inside and outside of the ring, what you see is what you get. I'm CM Punk. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I'm not trying to lie to the people or be fake. I'm not trying to be some crazy, outlandish character.

My parents were real people. They didn't put on airs or false faces. They were what they were.

There are no pretensions where I'm from.

I think that I'm pretty much who you see onscreen. Are there times when I ask questions of people and have a sense of what their answer may be? Sure. I think that you can't deny that. But you still want to hear from that person, even though you may anticipate what they may say. I am as natural right now as I am when I talk to somebody in the Middle East. It's just trying to be a real person to them. So long as I can be as honest with myself when I make a movie like that, I can continue to be honest with you.