Fred Durst Quotes

Why do a reality show if you're going to be fake?

One thing my mother had a nose for was inauthenticity.

If you're faking it, people will know, and it's going to turn a lot of people off.

People can smell a fake.

I feel like truth resonates, and you can taste when something is synthetic.

If I had tried to adopt the tone and vibe of other serious journalists, that would have come across as insincere, forced, and false.

Young people are craving something real, craving authenticity.

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive.

I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.

People can sense when someone is fake or real on TV.

Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.

You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.

I'm always very happy to talk to people. I relate to people, and the guy on stage is very much the guy that's off stage. People know when it's fake.

This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.

You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.

I'm not fake in any way.

Everybody is watching you every minute anyways. If they think the message you're sending out is phony, they're going to say, 'Who does he think he is?' It's again good business. But it is also an obligation.

People need realness, reality. People can sense when someone is being pretentious or fake. It's because you feel it; you see it in someone's body language.

People often think I'm a faker, but I'm usually honest, in a certain way - in such a way that often nobody believes me!

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real.

Twinkies are more natural than most TV-interview shows.

When you're true to yourself - not the audience that reads about me in the newspaper or sees a clip someplace, but the audience that actually comes and watches, just like Oprah - they get to know you and they sense something genuine.

You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don't necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.