Seneca the Younger Quotes

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.

No one can wear a mask for very long.

Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

It's very rare that people are exactly who they appear to be.

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.

To carry a false persona is an extra burden. Who needs that?

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be a hypocrite.

No one can keep a mask on long.

Most people love you for who you pretend to be.

One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.

To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness.

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.

If you're gonna pretend to be something, then you have to at least live up to what it is.

People will always show their true selves in the end.

Dating is really hard because everyone puts on a front. It's really difficult to see who is who, so it is important to be yourself.

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

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 an actor, but I am an awful liar.

When you do an interview with me, you're talking to a cheap imitation of the person that I really am. There's no magic in my words, it's just me talking.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.