Ice T Quotes

You don't want to come in and be phony and be someone you're not.

To me, being real is being yourself. You know, that's whether you're a pop artist or whatever.

Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

When I read 'Be real, don't get caught acting,' I thought, 'How the hell do you do that?'.

I just like a good, honest personality. I like a real person, not somebody who is pretending to be something that they're not. That really annoys me.

To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

I try not to fake anything.

The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting.

I'm not fake in any way.

Don't try too hard to be something you're not.

Being real is what is important.

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

People always want to get behind the image on the screen, and I'm not sure there is one. I don't put on an act.

It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.

If you're not being yourself, it shows immediately. The camera doesn't lie.

You have to strip people of their poses and disguises.

Don't change being you, because it's hard work being something that you're not.

People so obsessed with being real in hip-hop because they don't want people to think that they're lying.

When you're not authentic to yourself, you're lying. You're going to get found out and you're going to slip up.

I can't put on a facade every time I go out.

Playing normal is hard - especially playing normal that's not you.

I never act like something I'm not.

I don't pretend to be anybody else but me.

You have to be yourself. You can't pretend to be somebody else.

I think authenticity is the name of the game.