Masa Takayama Quotes

I do think that I am fundamentally the same relatively simple person I've always been. I just have this flashy, wacky job [actress] that confuses people into thinking that I'm somehow ultrafascinating.

The thing that I really want to try and do is just live my life really openly and honestly. I think there's so much power in that, as simple as it is.

I say what's in my head, and I'm on honest ground. That is worth so much, and I think it does make my job, as a writer, easier. It makes it possible for me to give people stuff that they like.

I just try to be honest, because I think that's part of my job description as a writer.

I can't become naked for everybody. It's never going to be possible for the person to write the whole story completely, so I find bits of myself, bits of what I think in some articles. And I don't give lip service to journalists. I never make them feel comfortable. I say, "It's your job to make the story."

Even though I was painted, even though I had on seven layers of paint - to the point that I got a tan, it was as thick as a fabric - I think I felt the most naked because I couldn't cover myself at all. I didn't have to, so I had to be much more open and relaxed.

I don't think that there's much hiding that actors can do. If you're doing good work, you're showing a part of yourself to someone.

And I think if you're going to be with somebody, you owe it to them to show yourself.

Integrity makes my job easier. It's deception and dishonesty that requires so much diligent effort.

Truth is too simple for us: we do not like those who unmask our illusions.

When I first started writing cookbooks, I remember thinking to myself, what makes me think I can write a cookbook? There are these great chefs who are really trained. And, as I started, I realized, actually, what is my lack is actually exactly right, because I can connect with - cooking's hard for me. I never worked on... And that's why my recipes are really simple, because I want to be able to do them.

The writer's job is to get naked.

I'm very down-to-earth. I think I'm still 'street'.

I always feel the need to give the unfiltered truth, (or) what I think is the truth, at least.

I still think we have a long way to go on rebuilding a culture of cooking. Everyday simple cooking.

The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

Some designers are so airy-fairy people can't connect with them. I hope people can relate to me, to a normal person who just happens to be a fashion designer, that people can take me as they find me. It's not the designer's job to care about what people think. Whatever else I've done, I've never tried to be something that I'm not.

One of the reasons people love Joe Biden is he just kind of says what he thinks. He's a guy whose heart is on his sleeve, and that's one of the things people love about him.

Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks.

That just felt like the most natural name out of all of the names. Everything else just felt so contrived. Even now, when I try and think of band names just randomly, I'm so thankful that "fun." is the name of the band. I never really think twice about it. It is so simple and so easy.

I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.

We are a very colorful family. Everybody knows our mistakes. But I think that people can relate to all of our mistakes and all or good and bad points.

There are things that I canna tell you, at least not yet. And I'll ask nothing of ye that ye canna give me. But what I would ask of ye---when you do tell me something, let it be the truth. And I'll promise ye the same. We have nothing now between us, save---respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies. Do ye agree?

I think the best shortcut is to choose really simple recipes. Because I think you can make simple recipes that are as delicious as complicated ones.

You can't say you want things to be simple and then in the next breath ask me to be honest.