Quotes About Recognition

I've pretty much always been in the limelight. A star in my own right.

I have never looked at myself as a star.

I do not ever want to be a huge star.

I'm forever in the 'limelight' being Da Brat, being an entertainer, being a star.

Once, I was a bigger star than Greta Garbo.

Every star, whether it's Harrison Ford or Robert De Niro, is remembered by one film. Persis is a star in the sky - how can a star be forgotten when all you have to do is look up and see her?

It's a really big deal to have a star on the Walk of Fame; it feels like an incredible achievement.

I'm just excited to see myself on billboards. I'm getting ready to be a star.

All of my friends in the business ask, 'Why is this woman not a star? Why is she not a household name?'

Back home, no one looks at me as a star. At least I know my mother doesn't.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.

When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.

Well, it's embarrassing to be a star.

Unless you're of a certain age, you may not know my name, but you can Google it - I was a pretty big movie star in the 1950s. Oh, and another thing: I was - am - gay.

It is kind of weird to walk into a Starbucks and have somebody know your name. But normal-day life really hasn't changed that much. There's just a lot more eyes on you on social media.

Sometimes when you're in different countries, everything has become so homogenised and there's a Starbucks and McDonald's everywhere, and you could feel like you're in Florida. But in Japan, you know you're there.

I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.

I do like to fly under the radar. When I walk around town, the only people I want to recognise me and call me by my name are the folks at Starbucks.

It is not overwhelming, like you are George Clooney, but at the Starbucks, at the 7-Eleven or walking around Manhattan or the Roosevelt Field Mall, I do get recognized. It's nice.

I think stardom means a big responsibility that one has to shoulder.

I am still getting used to stardom. It's a great place to be in.

It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry.

I guess I don't take my stardom too seriously. I think I am one of the guys.