Angelina Jolie Quotes

Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.

Here's the lines I draw: I never say something I don't believe - ever, ever, ever; and I won't endorse a product I don't like and use. When the cameras are off, we are who we are when they're on.

I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing.

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

I think you have to be honest and not try to be somebody that you really aren't.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct. You just say what you have to say, and if they don't like it, it's OK.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be genuine and don't try to tell anybody else's story but your own. And if it comes from a genuine place, I think people can tell, and if it doesn't, I think people can tell, and I think that eventually it shows.

I can't pretend to do something I don't like.

I take a lot of pride in being able to say that what you see is what you get.

I'm loyal. I'm real. I'm not afraid to say what I'm thinking.

I'm an honest dude, not trying to be anything other than who I am.

I have no secrets. Neither did Tupac, neither does my daughter. We don't live behind secrets, we don't live lies, we are who we are, and we are pretty happy to be who we are.

I always do what I feel and say what I think.

There's nothing fake about me. And I think there are some people that appreciate that. Even if they hate me, they appreciate the fact that I'm 100 percent authentically me.

I try to be me. I don't have anything to hide.

I want my brand and Bibi Bourelly to represent honesty.

Being pure in my voice has always served me the best. Anytime I've tried to hide my light under a bushel, it's never done me any good.

People Really Do Respect Those who are Willing to Speak their Truth

I've learned from her [ Oprah Winfrey] really how to stand in one's truth, how if you just simply are who you are, you know, you're heavy, you're thin, you're happy, you're sad - if you just speak your truth as it comes into your mind, then that's what people relate to.

If you ask me what people want from me, they would probably just want me to be true to what I'm doing.

I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.