Camila Mendes Quotes

I want to portray myself as myself.

I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.

As for the kind of writer I am? I am who I don't pretend to be.

Especially with Instagram, I feel reluctant to make all the photos beautiful because I don't necessarily want to send this message that life is perfect and your avocado toast is always going to be beautifully lit. I want readers to feel like the Man Repeller page is real and kind of dirty. Messy.

I think why I am such a success in regards to my shows, is I don't give you an impression that my world's all rose tinted glasses, candy floss, sequins and glitter.

I put up lots of photos with no make-up because it's really important that people see this is what I actually look like.

I don't try to portray some lifestyle that I'm not living.

I don't pretend to be perfect. I want people to see me as I am.

There's not a lot of conversation going on in my world about softening my image. I'm pretty much who I am.

I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.

When I'm doing a photo shoot, I'm not playing a part. I'm just trying to be myself.

Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than life - but there's nothing bigger than life.

The best stories come out of the truth.

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

I don't want to dress up a picture with just my face.

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

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 make an effort to keep it as real as I possibly can.

I don't mind anyone asking me any questions, I've got nothing to hide. I like it to be as real as it is; that's what I call an interview. I'm not someone who's like 'Right, you can't ask this, that, this, that, this, that.' It's got to be a real interview. I've literally got nothing to hide.

John McEnroe is the most honest and real person I have ever interviewed.

The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.

It's the truth and people need to hear the truth.

I'm a heart-on-the-sleeves kind of person.

I've always been exactly who I am on TV. I'm not playing a role.

All of my music is honest.