“In the very early stages of working in sports, I was sick of being referred to as "the Barbie doll" because I had long, blond, fake hair. So I went and bought a boxed hair color, dyed my hair black, and put on glasses. And I looked ridiculous. I looked like a completely different person. I was trying to get away from the stereotype but what I realized in doing that is that what I say and how I conduct myself in what I do will speak for itself, and I don't need to apologize for being a woman in that space.” NeedsTryingPersonsLongDifferentSpeakSportsBlackSpaceStageColorHairSickGlassesI RealizedRidiculousFakeGet AwayApologizingStereotypeDollsBeing A WomanBarbieBarbie Dolls Author:Charissa Thompson
“Know your job and don't fake it. It looks easy, but the ones that make it look easy know what the hell they're doing. They may tell you around the dining room table that you're funny and you should be an actor, but until you challenge yourself by getting on a stage or in front of a camera, that's when your knowledge of the craft separates you from the pretenders.” KnowsShouldLooksMayJobsActorsEasyChallengesRoomsHellStageFrontsCamerasTablesCraftsFakeDiningChallenge YourselfDining RoomsPretender Author:Dustin Diamond
“I think the record-buying public know what they like, and when people are trying to pander to them, I think they know it. They want the genuine article, so if we try to sort of "dumb down" for the mass public, I think they're too smart for that, and would recognize us as fakes. It seems like the bands that do crossover do so really on their own terms, and they just find that their terms just kind of make a big dove-tail with the masses.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingKindBigsSeemsTermRecordsBandMassSmartGenuineDumbFakeBuyingArticlesTailsDoveCrossover Author:Ira Kaplan
“I know a lot of people that have had fake Twitters... actors and musicians that I know. It's sort of a problem. There are all these people that sign up thinking that they're getting somebody's real thoughts when it's just some guy.” PeopleThinkingKnowsRealProblemGuyActorsMusicianFake Author:Zooey Deschanel
“The Globe reports that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il raises money by selling fake Viagra pills. What it is about this guy? None of his missiles seem to launch.” SeemsGuyRaisesSellingFakeReportsDictatorGlobesThis GuyPillsNorth KoreaMissilesKoreanKimNorth KoreanViagra Author:Jay Leno
“You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.” LosesFriendsFakeFake PeopleNothing To LoseFake FriendsBehind Your BackFalse Friends Author:Joan Jett
“There are six elements of gravitas critical to leadership: grace under fire, decisiveness, emotional intelligence and the ability to read a room, integrity and authenticity (people don't like fakes), a vision that inspires others, and a stellar reputation.” PeopleAbilityRoomsVisionFireGraceEmotionalInspireIntegrityElementsSixCriticalAuthenticityReputationFakeEmotional IntelligenceInspire OthersDecisivenessStellarGravitas Author:Sylvia Ann Hewlett
“So biggest pussies in METAL, I'd say a lot of these emo bands come off as pussies.They have those beards and tight jeans and to me they all look so fake.” LooksBandFakeMetalsJeansBeardPussyEmoTight Jeans Author:Charlie Benante
“I really like suspense in movies. I don't really like rom-coms. But that being said, as an audience member I really like horror films and actress I really like working with fake blood; I think it's so fun.” ThinkingSaidFilmFunAudienceBloodHorrorMembersActressesSuspenseFakeHorror Film Author:Grace Phipps
“In the sense that Watchmen references movies, comic books, pop culture in general. It knows it's a movie. I really do like movies that ride that fine line, the razor's edge between parody and supporting the fake movie part of the movie.” KnowsBookCultureLinesFineEdgesPopsComicFakeComic BookPop CultureParodyRazorsFine Lines Author:Zack Snyder
“I'm an African woman, I suppose these thoughts torture me more than they do black American people, because it's like watching my own children trapped in a car that's sinking to the bottom of a lake and being impotent to save them'the black Americans have their own holocaust going on. You see the black man erasing black children from the landscape, you see black women desperately trying to get the black man's attention by wearing blonde hair and fake blue eyes, 500 years after he sold her and their children across the ocean.” PeopleMenTryingYearsChildrenEyeBlackMy OwnAttentionCarHairOceanBlueBottomLandscapeFakeTortureLakesHolocaustTrappedBlack WomenBlondeSinkingBlue EyesBlonde HairAfrican Women Author:Kola Boof
“One of the points where the art world is at its most metaphysical is in this weird aspect of the power of the expert. There are experts who claim they cannot be fooled because they have an inner connection to an artist and can feel whether something is genuine or fake. I've heard experts say, on panels: When it comes to my period, or my painters, I cannot be fooled. And of course that's completely ridiculous.” WorldFeelsArtArtistCoursesHeardPeriodsAspectConnectionsClaimsRidiculousGenuinePainterFakeExpertsMetaphysicalFooledArt World Author:Daniel Kehlmann
“A new software is being developed so the psychological operations guys and the Pentagon's strategic communications guys - and we don't really know who's running it - but this is all totally out in the open. It's this new program that will allow them to have like ten fake Twitter accounts and ten Facebook accounts so you can pretend.” KnowsRunningGuyCommunicationTenProgramAccountsPsychologicalOperationsFakeSoftwareStrategicPentagon Author:Michael Hastings
“I hope that people can relate to my music, it's very relatable, it's very fun, it's very honest. It's very, very, honest. I know that my fans will probably learn a lot about me by listening to my music, if they really listen to the lyrics. I'm sure they'll learn about a new side to me, it's all very honest, I don't put on any... there's no fake-ness to it, it's very real and I hope my fans can relate to it and that it's enjoyable for all ages.” PeopleIfsKnowsRealAgeFunSidesFansHonestListeningRelateFakeEnjoyableRelatable Author:Ariana Grande
“I prefer to not be feeling like I'm having to be fake about things that are the most dear to me in terms of writing, which is something related to my own, personal writing. I mean, I've done tons and tons of fake writing.” WritingMeanDoneFeelingsTermMy OwnDearFakeRelatedPersonal Writing Author:Mandy Stadtmiller
“I own some bugs encased in lucite or something. I also have a big cat's eye - a fake one - made for a taxidermist. I really like animals.” MadeBigsEyeAnimalCatFakeBugs Author:Nick Antosca
“Normally you'll have a structure to a song. You'll have an intro to a verse to a pre-chorus to a chorus, kinda repeat that, maybe there's a bridge, then you'll go out on a chorus - that's the quintessential song structure - sometimes you might do a fake-out, re-do a pre-chorus but the chorus doesn't come until later, but for the most part you follow these tried and true structures.” SometimesMightSongStructureBridgesFakeRepeatsVersesChorusQuintessential Author:Frank Iero
“I think that melodrama is a safe way of suffering, because your suffering is fake. That's why I like melodrama.” ThinkingWaySufferingSafeFakeMelodrama Author:Luis Negron
“It seemed to me to be a parable of the exchange of goods, rather Marxist in some ways, in the new world of global forces. What the forgers do is write the brand name to try and change it, and it works! Loads of people buy fake Prada handbags, or Chanel sunglasses; they've been changed. They have been truly, really changed.” PeopleWorldWayWritingTryingHas BeensNamesForceChangedBrandsFakeGoodsNew WorldLoadMarxistParablesSunglassesHandbagsPradaBrand Names Author:Marina Warner
“It's not like you're being fake, it's just the way you color it, like a guitar player uses pedals or different effects. That's why I get so mad about people who are down on vocal reverb. It's not a crutch, people, it's an aesthetic choice!” PeopleWayDifferentUseChoicesPlayerEffectsColorLike YouMadGuitarFakeAestheticVocalGuitar PlayerCrutchesPedals Author:Kelly Hogan
“It's blasphemous, don't get distracted by these lottery tickets and statues. It's just fake gold and plastic... We crying for votes but how many of us is on the board. Better yet, when's the last time you showed up and supported the NAACP Awards?” LastsCryGoldVoteFakeBoardsAwardsPlasticTicketsLast TimeStatuesDistractedLotteryLottery TicketNaacp Author:Nick Cannon
“I was lucky to grow up with phenomenal parents who were into talking about things. When something hit me hard as a kid, we'd just talk about it. I'm usually pretty open about what's going on with me. I'm not a great actor in the sense that I can't fake it if I'm going through something difficult.” IfsI CanHardKidsActorsGrowsParentDifficultTalkingGrowing UpLuckyFakePhenomenalGreat Actors Author:Eric Lange
“I had no idea what I was signing up for. I auditioned for some random character. I knew the sides were fake, but what they were trying to capture was an emotional toughness and a woundedness. I knew I liked the character. I didn't know who the character was, but I liked the spirit of the character.” KnowsTryingIdeasCharacterSpiritSidesEmotionalNo IdeaFakeCaptureSigningToughnessWoundednessSigning Up Author:Caity Lotz
“I try to make all my work as honest as possible. I want the audience to feel like they're watching two people talking-having a conversation-as opposed to watching actors fake it. I want the audience to get lost in the fact that this is so good it could be real.” PeopleWantFeelsTryingTwoRealFactsActorsLostTalkingAudienceHonestConversationFakeBeing RealPeople Talking Author:Danny Burstein
“I had very, very bad self-esteem - that I was a fake, everybody was going to find out, that I didn't deserve to have success, just about my looks and really, really bad self-esteem.” LooksSelfSelf EsteemDeserveEsteemFake Author:Geena Davis
“It's surprisingly difficult to build fake overhead bins, especially ones that, you know, you can open really easily - because when you're floating around, you don't have any traction, obviously.” KnowsDifficultFakeFloatingOverheadTraction Author:Trish Sie
“Bigger brands like Shinola are capitalizing on what all of us small companies did. Shinola is just totally fake. It's a corporate entity that's taking advantage of what everybody else has done. They say it's all about made in U.S., but one Wal-Mart hires more employees than their whole company.” MadeDoneWholeCompanyAdvantageBiggerBrandsCorporateFakeEmployeeEntityTaking Advantage Author:Mark McNairy
“Reality shows are for reality stars. Celebrities do, maybe, Dancing With The Stars, maybe they might do Celebrity Wife Swap, but dealing with strangers, with people you don't know, in a real situation? People say it's fake, it's based on what they tell other people to do but won't tell you, but you still have a gut reaction, you know.” PeopleKnowsStillsRealShowsRealityMightStarsSituationWifeDancingStrangerReactionsFakeGutsReality ShowsDancing With The Stars Author:Jackee Harry
“I don't know anything about starting a university, and that was a fake university.There are people who borrowed $36,000 to go to Trump University, and they're suing now - $36,000 to go to a university. That's a fake school. And you know what they got? They got to take a picture with a cardboard cutout of Donald Trump. That's what they got for $36,000.” PeopleKnowsTrumpUniversityStartingFakeBorrowedSuing Author:Marco Rubio
“I think "honest" sometimes gets used to describe a real depiction of real life. I don't think that's necessarily what we're doing. We created these fake characters and we're just trying to figure out what they would do in situations they enter into.” ThinkingTryingRealSometimesCharacterUsedSituationHonestFiguresReal LifeFakeDepiction Author:Paul Rust
“Authenticity seems like sort of a joke. Actually I believe it was the late comedian George Burns who said, "if you can fake sincerity, you've got it made." People cannot be invariant across situations and roles and, moreover, leaders need to be true not to themselves, but to what others want, need, and expect from them.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsBelieveMadeSaidSeemsI BelieveSituationLeaderRolesLateJokesAuthenticityBeing TrueComedianFakeSincerity Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“There are people that borrow $36,000 to go to Trump University, and they are suing him now. Thirty-six thousand dollars to go a university, that's a fake school.” PeopleSchoolTrumpThousandSixDollarsUniversityFakeThirtySuing Author:Marco Rubio
“Generally, a lot of the things people think are made up are real, a lot of the things people think are real are made up, a lot of the things people think are spontaneous are cleverly faked, and a lot of the things people think are fake are spontaneous.” PeopleThinkingMadeRealFakeSpontaneous Author:Stewart Lee
“I actually do see rock and roll as pop music. I think the distinction I was making was that I was going out of my way to have a very consistent approach to production, where nothing kind of punctures the reality - or, I guess, the fake reality - of the album and what you're listening to from beginning to end.” ThinkingWayKindEndsRealityRocksListeningApproachAlbumsProductionsPopsMy WayFakeDistinctionConsistentGoing OutRock And RollPop MusicPuncture Author:Dan Bejar
“After the Beatles and Dylan, there's this assumption that you are a singer-songwriter, or that if someone else is writing your rhymes, you're a fake rapper.” IfsWritingSingersFakeAssumptionRapperSongwritersRhymeDylanSinger Songwriters Author:Alan Light
“Some people will never be able to get their real self, but that's fine, because their fake self is also part of them.” PeopleRealSelfAbleFineFakeReal Self Author:Benjamin Clementine
“If I'm being forced to do something I don't want to do, my real self comes out. But whether or not I'm aware of it, no matter what happens, I'm always going to have a fake self and I'm not going to judge my fake self.” IfsWantRealSelfMatterHappensJudgingNo Matter WhatFakeReal Self Author:Benjamin Clementine
“There's a part in every person that has a fake self. We've had this since infancy due to our parents and our upbringing.” PersonsSelfParentDuesFakeUpbringingInfancy Author:Benjamin Clementine
“When you have a lot of fake selves, most of the time it's because you haven't had parents around so you try to build characters to protect yourself.” TryingSelfCharacterParentHavensProtectFakeProtect Yourself Author:Benjamin Clementine
“If you've got great parents, once you grow up and have to live by yourself, you're going to create some fake self as you get comfortable wherever you are.” IfsSelfGrowsParentGrowing UpComfortableFakeLive ByWherever You AreGreat Parents Author:Benjamin Clementine
“On-stage, I definitely want to use my real self because I'm singing to people who believe in what I'm singing, and I believe in what I'm singing, but they shouldn't be fooled because we all have fake selves and it's in there somewhere. It's not pretending to hurt somebody; it's just something that comes out of me, from my experience.” PeopleWantBelieveRealSelfUseI BelieveHurtStageSingingI Believe InFakePretendingFooledReal Self Author:Benjamin Clementine
“There's a nice clear difference between real protection (wash your hands, or wear a condom) and the fake protection offered by institutions which often come, finally and sadly, to be much too interested first of all in protecting their own power.” FirstsRealHandsDifferencesClearNiceInstitutionsProtectionFakeCondom Author:Laura Mullen
“Because I'm Parisian, I wanted to show a Paris that I don't see at the movies, so I spent a lot of time looking for places that have never been filmed, for streets that have never been filmed because there's a thing about Paris, where it's kind of like a charming music box, this luminous cocoon, like those things that have fake snow in them that you turn upside down.” KindShowsWantedTurnsStreetsBoxesSnowParisFakeCharmingUpside DownLuminousCocoons Author:Louis Garrel
“I just got really desperate to pay rent. It was weird, man. I had to wrestle a fake pussy off a crack head once.” MenPayFakeDesperateCracksPussy Author:Gold Panda
“The basics of acting are really better in America than in Europe. Just the basic "fake laugh" is impossible to get in France.” AmericaActingLaughingImpossibleEuropeFranceFakeBasics Author:Thomas Mars
“Real person. real name. I won't divulge too much, but it's not a fake name. And it's not a fake person. I guess that's the best answer I can say: It's not a fake name and it's not a fake person. But it's not her real name and it's not a real person either.” PersonsI CanRealNamesAnswersToo MuchFakeReal PersonDivulge Author:Justin Vernon
“The reason I can do what I do on stage is because I couldn't fake it.” I CanReasonCan DoStageFake Author:Doseone
“People would lambaste me or attack me, and I'd be like, "I'm being honest! I'm the one person that's being honest and sincere about what I'm doing." The rest of the world doesn't want to admit the fakery of entertainment on TV, but I love the fake. I think fake is beautiful.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantPersonsBeautifulHonestTvsEntertainmentBeing HonestFakeSincere Author:Casey Spooner
“Don't fake it till you make it. Be real, be transparent, be authentic and be yourself.” RealFakeBeing YourselfBeing RealTransparent Author:Darren Hardy
“Because of my two films - one was about my half-sister (Kati with an I) and the next one featured my cousin (Fake It So Real) - I was hesitant to start with someone so close.” TwoRealFilmNextHalfFakeCousinThe Next OneMy CousinHesitantHalf Sister Author:Robert Greene