Mekhi Phifer Quotes

I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.

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.

If the audience sees and feels things are real, then they buy it.

Trust the acting.

I'm not trying to twist people's heads around. I'm not trying to say, "Believe in me."

My own luck has been curious all my literary life; I never could tell a lie that anyone would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.

Ultimately the most challenging thing, always, is to just be convincing

You cannot fool an audience.

If you don't believe in a line, then you come off as the loser.

If you have a dishonest moment, you're going to lose the audience. So I had to not only light myself in the scenes.

People trust me. I sell sincerity.

It's really surprising that what you put on paper, people will believe.

I used to say in the cabinet room, 'confidence is not like a can of Popeye spinach - you can't take the top off and swallow it down.' You know, confidence has to be earned.

I completely trust Gloria Vanderbilt. I have always found her very honest.

You have to believe what you say, and if you believe what you are saying, then acting is easy.

If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you.

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 are plenty of writers who are going to become a director after their next job, but no one will believe you're a director unless you believe it.

And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.

The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too.

I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am.