Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I like performers who I know are for real. You can tell, man, there's an intensity about their stuff. You can tell right away they're real people, ya know?

You have to believe what you say, and if you believe what you are saying, then acting is easy.

You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.

I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me.

The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too.

I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am.

The most powerful element in advertising is the truth.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

The more ridiculous the character is, the more sincerity you have to bring to it.

The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you don't believe it, it sees it in your eyes, it hears it in your voice that there isn't the conviction there.

Feeling has as much to say as the words do. You can have the greatest words in the world and if they're not believable, they don't strike a chord and they're not said convincingly, it's not a great song.

I don't really put my name to anything that I don't love and believe in, because there's no point.

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy.

I don't think you should give away your name and face to something you don't believe 100-percent in.

You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across.

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am.

I can sell anything that I totally believe in, but I'm a horrible salesman of something I don't believe in.

People don’t have to agree with every position you take, but they have to believe that you believe it.

People will support somebody who they think believes what he says and stands for.

It's best not to appear to believe what you say but to believe what you say.

I would say three-quarters of what I do depends on the sincerity of it. You can croak, but if you croak good, they'll still listen.