Ricky Gervais Quotes

A sheep in sheep's clothing.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

Be that self which one truly is.

I am not a glam woman - this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.

When making a record, I could done a new face pretty easily and use all these different devices to hide who I am - or who I was - which really had very little to do with what I was trying to convey.

Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

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

Having grown up so familiar with creating a pleasing facade, I now end up compelled to reveal things inside and say, 'Okay, now you really see me. Do you still love me?' And then it's never enough; it always has to be total self-revelation.

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

I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.

Anyone who speaks in the name of others is always an imposter.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.

I don't know, I think people who meet me just get pretty much what I am.

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'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.

Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be a lot of other people, and much more interested in being me.

Often we're recreating what we think we're supposed to be as human beings. What we've been told we're supposed to be, instead of who we authentically are. The key about the creation of full self-expression is to be authentically who you are, to project that.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

If I had two faces, do you think I would be wearing this one.

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

When I do things that don't feel pure or make any moves that I don't feel like represent me or who I am, it makes me feel like I wanna throw up. So I just do me, and I guess people just take that how they do.

Everyone should just be exactly who they are.

Getting to be authentic is so liberating.

I can only be myself, and if I have to suffer for that, that's okay, because to pretend to be somebody else - I tried that, it's terrible.