AnnaLynne McCord Quotes

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

We're a pretty open-book family; we kind of lead with our hearts. There's nothing to hide.

Everybody's so scared to be honest with one another. If you didn't like the way I handled myself in practice, one of the players, come up to me. Somebody say something - anybody. I'm not gonna take it as offense; it's not personal.

Requesting permission from someone to be honest is really a way of accusing the other person of being so demanding or overbearing that you couldn't be honest all along.

Be real and be unashamed, even of your faults. I do truly know what my husband is made of and vice versa.

Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open." Have you been watching Oprah again?

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

I feel like I'm really honest in my interviews, to a fault. I've lost friends over it. Major friends. And I'm heartbroken about that.

My whole act is confession.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

I have always been honest with my fans, which means being open about any struggles I have had along the way.

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.

As I've grown older, I've grown more convinced there's nothing that shouldn't be talked about. If we think we're protecting each other, we're not.

I believe that the right thing for us to do, as much as we can and without confusing people, is to talk about how we're doing, the things that are going well but also the things that aren't going well.

I'm not good at hiding my feelings. I'm also not good at lying. I'm very open about everything.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going.

Concealing what is shameful to you will never lead to anything of value.

If you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn.

Luckily, my wife is amazing. She's one of the few people in my life I'm completely honest with. I've told her everything about my past. She knows me inside and out. There's no secrets at all.

Well, it's really important to be honest with the person that you're seeing.

I want to be honest, and even if that's scary, I know it's worth it.

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'