Dorothea Benton Frank Quotes

I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.

I've always been a person that has said what's on my mind and stand behind it with a lot of heart and passion.

I don't want to give a false impression of confidence where I don't have it.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

You can film me 24 hours a day and you'll get a very accurate picture of who I am. You see the funny side, I work hard, and I try to be honest and just call it how it is.

I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

Without so much as turning a hair I freely admit that I am one of America's greatest realists.

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.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.

It's hard to talk about yourself onstage and be sincere about it.

I can say whatever it is that I feel.

I am not good at first or second impressions, and you have to spend some time with me to know me. Also, I don't want to put my best foot forward and prove something, as that is not me. I would rather be me and have you like me for who I am, instead of being someone else.

I'd rather be a face for happiness and doing things that you have a passion for, rather than faking it and pretending like I'm this face of women's basketball, when I can't stand the sport at all.

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.

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

Sure, I am funny and have a good sense of humor. Mostly, though, I just tell the truth. The internal dialogue people have in their heads - I just write it.

It is always easier to write from the heart and deal with things in the present.