Roddy Piper Quotes

Some people have a persona that they bring, and I can't do that. It's just me that you get, I'm afraid.

I'm not too good at being fake or being somebody else.

Esse quam videri," Celia says. "To be, rather than to seem.

When I read 'Be real, don't get caught acting,' I thought, 'How the hell do you do that?'.

I can always sniff out when someone is being what they think I want them to be, which is the complete opposite. I really want a queen to be herself.

We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties

I'm not one of those people who has an act.

Just stay real and stay a real person.

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.

I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.

Being real is what is important.

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

I'm crap at pretending to be something I'm not when I'm in my real life.

Authenticity can't be replicated or faked. You're either real or you're not.

I'm not going to pretend to be anything I'm not.

I'm not trying to be something that I'm not, and I think a lot of people can relate to that. They want something that's real, and I think I give that to them.

I am truth. I was made of truth.

I'm trying to be as real as I can and I'm being myself. I'm not gonna create an act.

I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.

To be rather than to seem.

What you see is what you get. What you hear is who I am.

At the outset, I think that one should be natural, not just when it comes to writing but in every area of life. If you try to be something that you are not just to impress others, then it's a rather sad life.

It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not.