Jeff Nichols Quotes

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

If you don't tell the whole truth about yourself, life is a ridiculous exercise.

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

Expressing truth is hard work.

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.

The thing that I've decided is, I don't want to be invisible, but I'd like to be transparent. I want people to see what I'm thinking and see through me.

I have always said what is in my heart.

I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out.

I've learned a lot over the years, but I am an honest person, and when I'm not happy, I can't fake a smile. If there is a problem, you will know straight away because you will see it on my face.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

I don't want to pretend to be a prophet or a saint. I'm very conscious of my limitations. I know my flaws. But I don't like lying.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

The art of life is to show your hand.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

I have a hard time not wearing my heart on my sleeve and answering people honestly. You know, my friends warn me that I should be more guarded 'cause sometimes I am too honest and open, but it's also just who I am.

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of honesty that resonates with people.

I am comfortable talking about everything because I think you can't hide it. I can't hide what I'm doing. I can't lie to people when they see something.

We tap into something when we're honest about what's going on in our lives.

I love being gut-wrenchingly honest.

I've learned in the little bit of my life so far that you can't fool people. And so I only tell people what I think about: my ambitions, my dreams, what inspires me.

You can't waste time in your life trying to hide the truth.