Avril Lavigne Quotes

I want to show people how I really am. Most people are only familiar with some of the headlines.

Filmmakers are stuck with my glamorous image. Even if I sit in track pants and a T-shirt, I will still look glamorous. That's the way I am. But there's more to me. I'm a real person.

I'm 19, and, being a public figure, I'm supposed to present myself in a certain way, but it's hard and you're never going to be able to tell people who you are through the media.

No one really knows me. People think they know me.

I think a life of a human being is not something you can explain in a few interview questions. The stuff you do in the media is sometimes a great reflection and sometimes not a great reflection of who you are as a person.

Having a reality TV show, everyone feels like they know you, but that's only 10% of my life. There's a whole other side of me that people don't see.

When people meet me or hear me in person, they quickly learn that I am much more than a tweet and a profile picture.

You see the Paper Bois - easy. Personas are easy to touch and see and digest. But you don't get the chance to really see who the Alfreds are. I want to make sure I did that with him.

I don't want to work with anyone who has not sat down with me and has gotten to know me. I don't want you writing for who you think Jennifer is or the public persona of because that's not who I am. It's my shell, it's the brand, it's the celebrity, but it's not the person.

I know very well the difference between my image and who I am.

I'm in the intriguing position of being a friend of Jeremy Corbyn and knowing him personally. It's quite a strange position to know somebody that's in the news and know the person who they're talking about and taking pictures of.

There is a tendency in the media to simplify me to the point that I am somehow a tough guy. I think there is a lot more to me.

I really try to let my friends into all of my life. They know that Red-Carpet Kerry is a version of Kerry, and they know that DNC Speaker Kerry is me.

I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else.

I think I am the same kind of person I would have been if I wasn't an actor. I am not a robot.

You see a Donald Trump on TV, just like you'd see Joan Rivers on TV when she was living, and you see a real person. That's the Donald Trump that I know.

There is the real person I am, and there is the stage persona.

I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out to be.

There's the Draymond Green you see out on the floor. But that's not me. I mean, it is, but there's more. People see the fiery guy, the competitive guy, the trash talk and everything. But they don't see the love and compassion. They don't see the person. They don't see the real me, who values his friends and puts people first.

But the more that people got to know me and my personality, the more I connected with my fans and made friends, and people got to see more of my life.

It is hard to find the soul of Mick Jagger. It is very hidden. I think his true personality has receded so far behind the facade that he can no longer find the real person himself.

What I'm pretty much giving you when you see me onstage is me; it's not a fake character.

I love social media. It's nice to share a side of me that people don't generally get to see or know about. I want them to know me, beyond my characters.

Most people can differentiate between the guy you see on TV and the real-life guy.

I just want to be seen as what I am - just look beyond TV/social media, and you will see what kind of person I am.