Quotes About Recognition

I am very aware of my family name. I'm very aware of the legacy that that kind of carries with it. And I think that I didn't want to lose any kind of hold of that. And I think once you're born into something that you're proud of and that you're aware of, you don't take it lightly.

Larry Hagman was a huge star, and he was carrying my stuff for me.

The thing that I came to realize was that Schulz is the great unifier. Here's the one cartoonist that pretty much everybody can agree on.

There are a lot of really great cartoonists out there. It's nice to be thought of as one of them.

Some of those cartoons look nothing like me.

I particularly remember with 'Casino,' everyone was like, 'It's not 'Goodfellas!'' No, it's not 'Goodfellas.' That's right: it's a different movie. Now, everyone thinks 'Casino' is a masterpiece.

Before 'Lucky Louie,' nobody would ever cast me to play a mom or a wife; nobody ever saw me in that role, which is weird, since that's who I really am.

The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody.

Every movie I've done, when they cast me, they knew I'd probably do it for a toffee apple and a Frappuccino.

I don't tend to get cast in the theatre much. People assume I come with all this baggage. But they do cast me in films. In films, I'm a nobody.

When a casting agent sees me, he kind of knows what he's getting.

I think for my casting of 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' the makers saw my ad film which I did for a brand and they decided to cast me in the film.

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'

Be it a cameo, a character role or a lead role, I am happy that people are finally recognising my acting calibre and are casting me in their films.

The way that we tried to approach every piece of music is, if the song had a brain, it would be aware of its catalog.

I've had pieces in my catalog that kind of amble along, that really never go anywhere, but are known and liked.

My dream was to have a Library of Congress catalogue number, that's all.

It took them a while to catch on that Batman would be the greatest.

It's like everyone wants to categorize you as this and that until you've made your own mark.

I was never in the top category of anything. I was never on people's lists. I was never the potential anything!

As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.

People like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding - I do not put myself in that category.

I am No. 1 in every media category.

Because of who I am and what I've accomplished, everything is pretty much given to me. People cater to me all the time. It's almost like I've lost that edge - lost the ability to want something and then put in the work necessary to get it.