Whatever your style or subject matter, in the end, film-making is about searching for authenticity - that is what the audience will divine.

I never try and tune anything out. I think that's a mistake. You want to bring all the honest stuff that's going on inside you into your work. Otherwise, you're keeping a lot of authenticity out.

Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.

You have to be savvy and sharp and also straightforward with your customer. I think that authenticity is really important.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion.

I get accused of being a social worker every now and then.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

If it's boring, then it's tiring.

Everyone knows I married a prince, and then I married a billionaire.

There is a balance between mindful that you don't upset anyone, yet maintaining an authenticity that is not wrapped up in the minutiae of people's judgments of you.

First be best, then be first.

If I'm on a show, then that's my favorite channel.

Nature made him, and then broke the mold.

If Amy Winehouse was a beehive, then I guess I'm a blonde bob.

I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.

If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity.

I do a project, and then I move on.

Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for.