Quotes About Recognition

I do not think the Nobel institution gives you a certificate that everything you say is always right.

The Nobel thing is like dying and going to heaven for a while. It's like being transported to a fairyland.

I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.

To have a match that's an hour and 15 minutes or whatever it can be, it takes a lot of brilliant minds. Jamie Noble's one of those brilliant minds that never gets credit. Dean Malenko was one of those guys that never gets credit.

I'm nobody, who are you?

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

When you have a brilliant idea, nobody is going to ask to see your diploma.

All my good movies, nobody sees.

What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?

There are millions of people around the world that want to be artists and want to make stuff to entertain people, but nobody cares.

If nobody recognizes you, if nobody cares, it's easier to avoid getting carried away. That's way harder if you're a famous artist.

I'm just happy that as an African-American man, that 'Candyman' has once again been given the nod to enter people's consciousness.

I think no composer knows he's creating a hit until the audience gives it a nod.

When other people say, 'Oh you're so-and-so's friend, brother, or husband,' it's reductive to the point of being white noise.

You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.

There's a lot of noise if we don't win everything, which also means that we're looked at as great players. We're under a lot of pressure.

I didn't like noisy cinemas when I wasn't famous.

The fact that I've been nominated for a BAFTA is insane.

I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.

I know a lot of procedurals have huge viewership, yet they're never nominated for awards.

I think I got nominated in the MTV Brand New Top 10 because I'm 3x world time karate champion, and I'd probably just beat everyone up if they didn't put me in it. They were all scared!

The first time I was nominated for an award for professional acting, I was in my mid-twenties. I was married and the mother of my first two daughters. I had been working for near to 15 years.

I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys.

You want to win. Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.