Matt Damon Quotes

I know that I'm an actor and I guess I could kind of put on an act, but it takes so much more time to be someone you are not. I feel so much better just being comfortable with myself and hopefully girls will accept that.

I think it's always best to be who you are.

You are what you are, and I'd rather be myself than try and be what I'm not.

I am who I am. I don't try to be something I'm not.

I don't try to be someone I'm not.

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.

Don't try too hard to be something you're not.

I think my very best piece of advice is be yourself.

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 don't try to be somebody I'm not.

Don't change being you, because it's hard work being something that you're not.

Thanks to social media, we've also been able to show ourselves as we are. In the end, masks are useless. You have to be real.

If you be yourself, you're good.

You have to be yourself. You can't pretend to be somebody else.

You just can't be someone else all the time; you just have to be you sometimes.

Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.

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 is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.

I'm not trying to be something I ain't. That's right. I'm me.

The most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If you're not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, you're kind of stuck.

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

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.

I'm not hiding who I am anymore - not pretending I'm something I'm not.

The only way you can be happy is if you be completely yourself. You have to be you. Don't be what you think you should be.