Anderson Cooper Quotes

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 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.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

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.

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

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'

I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of honesty that resonates with people.

I don't try to represent myself in a way that's not connected with my everyday reality, because I'm not smart enough to do that.

I'm not ashamed to speak about anything. And what I'm telling you is real; it's from the heart.

I realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself.

If you're going to do reality, you need to do the good and the bad. I think that's why so many people love Nicole and me. We're real and honest.

I am an honest person, and that includes showing my emotions - good or bad.

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

I don't pretend to be perfect. I want people to see me as I am.

I haven't been trying to be anything other than myself.

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

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.

Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.

I've learned that maybe sometimes it's better to show people who you are and what you are thinking about. That way, you can be more relaxed with yourself.

I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real.

I don't know, I think people who meet me just get pretty much what I am.

I've never tried to be something I'm not.