Hans Matheson Quotes

I'm not hiding who I am anymore - not pretending I'm something I'm not.

I know that I'm an actor and I guess I could kind of put on an act, but it takes so much more time to be someone you are not. I feel so much better just being comfortable with myself and hopefully girls will accept that.

I don't want to try and be something I'm not.

I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn't like me for being... me.

I think it's always best to be who you are.

I just like talking, and I'm really truthful. Sometimes things come out of my mouth, and I think, 'Maybe I shouldn't have said that,' but at the end of the day, I am who I am! When I'm not acting, I'm going to be fully Hayley Hasselhoff, and that's what you're going to get. And I enjoy that.

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

Thanks to social media, we've also been able to show ourselves as we are. In the end, masks are useless. You have to be real.

I don't try to be someone I'm not.

I don't think you can do something wrong with your identity if you're living in your authenticity.

I'm not going to pretend to be anything I'm not.

Artists can be themselves. They don't have to pretend to be somebody they're not.

Man, I'm just going to be myself. I shouldn't have to apologize for that. If people don't understand that, then they don't understand it. I'm not going to try to be somebody I'm not.

I think authenticity is the name of the game.

I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.

You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.

There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not.

My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

I am not good at first or second impressions, and you have to spend some time with me to know me. Also, I don't want to put my best foot forward and prove something, as that is not me. I would rather be me and have you like me for who I am, instead of being someone else.

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that's a lie. The less I have to hide, the less I have to act.

I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way.

I want to be myself. I want to be as authentic as possible.