Andy Rooney Quotes

I never smile unless I mean it.

True feeling justifies whatever it may cost.

I only do what comes from the heart.

I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the time or always happy - I don't think it matters. If you're having bad day, show you're having a bad day. Don't try to put up something that's fake.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

I can't fake emotion.

I don't smile all the time, but I smile inside.

Don't expect your genius to be discovered; do what you must do because it gives you joy. Don't expect your love to be accepted. Love because it justifies your life.

I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center of her chest. This, at least, had not been left behind at the hospital.

I'm so uncomfortable, especially in emotional situations, having to say sentences that don't feel right. As an actor - or really, as any kind of person sensitive to it.

A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world.

I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least experienced it.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

I try to find what is closest to me in the character. There's many sides to personality, but it's a matter of, do you entertain those specific areas of your personality, or are you afraid to entertain them?

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.

Music is only special when it's coming from a genuine place - it's just energy trapped in a bottle.

If I sound like I'm enjoying myself, it's not artificial. It's real.

When you have a lot going on in a scene - whether it be a lot of shots, a lot of coverage, a lot of edits, or just the amount of content - it can cover up a deficit of true feeling. But when you don't have a lot of material to work with, you really have to be sincere with everything. You really have to mean it, because there's nowhere to hide.

I smile when I want to smile. I don't want to be forced.

I like being able to look in the mirror and seeing a smile on my face.

If it's not coming from your heart and if you don't believe it, then more than likely you're not going to be able to bring yourself to performances that justify playing.

I know I could probably fake love for a couple of days, but I couldn't fake it for more than three or four days, and neither could you. I don't think any of us can.