Bonnie Raitt Quotes

In Gerald Ford, the man he was in public, he was also that man in private.

I don't want people to think lm hypocritical.

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 guess people wonder if I'm the same on camera as I am off, and I'm pretty much the same, I really am. But that's always asked of me.

I am not a hypocrite.

When I do an interview, when I appear on camera, I want to be the same person as the one you meet personally and say, 'He is really the same person I saw on television.'

It's a practice for me every day, sometimes every hour of every day. It is an absolute practice. When I went into the research, I really thought that there are authentic people and inauthentic people, period. What I found is, there people who practice authenticity and people who don't. The people who practice authenticity work their ass off at it.

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

I would never say, "I'm going to do these things in a video to be a role model so people make me a role model." I want to be myself.

The key thing about life is to be true to a set of beliefs. And to be genuine.

The people I look up to the most - politicians, actors, artists - are the people who manage to do a high-powered job while staying themselves. They aren't afraid to be nice.

I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it's all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I'm going to let you take from me.

There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not trying to pull a caper.

When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can.

I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

At least I can say that I'm honest.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

If you see me walking down the street, you're gonna see the same guy as you do on stage, dressed the same, looking the same, and nothing changes. I'm just one person.

Always stay true to yourselves.

I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity.

I am who I am. That's why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don't change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I'm myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not.

My family has been around campaigns for a long time. It's something you really have to be sure that you alone want to do. Because if not, if you don't want to do it, that will just blow through the surface at some point, and people can tell. And when people can tell, it's all over.