Justin Chon Quotes

At the outset, I think that one should be natural, not just when it comes to writing but in every area of life. If you try to be something that you are not just to impress others, then it's a rather sad life.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

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

I never act like something I'm not.

I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me.

It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

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

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

Being yourself is the most important element for me, because, if you're trying to be something you're not, the audience will pick up on 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.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be genuine and don't try to tell anybody else's story but your own. And if it comes from a genuine place, I think people can tell, and if it doesn't, I think people can tell, and I think that eventually it shows.

People sniff out when you try to fake something or be something you are not.

What you bring to the stage is what you are in real life... people sense that.

If you're trying to be something you're not, you can see right through it.

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

You might not be funny, but don't force it. Just be authentic because people are going to always appreciate that more.

I have found for me, and it should be the same for everybody, that it is easiest just to be how you are. Be the true you and there is no need to act differently. It has always been like that.

When I take up a film or role, I don't want to be fake; I don't want to wear a mask. I want to be myself.

I'm not too good at being fake or being somebody else.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

I'm not one of those people who has an act.

I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am.

Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than life - but there's nothing bigger than life.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

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.