Quotes About Recognition

One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.

It's one thing to make the big leagues, but it's another thing to make it to an all-star game.

I know one thing; I'll never win an Academy Award.

I remember the one time, when I was in the 10th grade and the school president, my entire school had surprised me with a birthday song during the morning assembly. It will always be a very special memory!

I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'

I'm the only man in the world that has made a career with one word: 'Grrrrreeeat!'

I want people to see that I'm not a one-hit wonder.

I'm glad 'Honest' came out right after 'Karate Chop,' because I don't want to be seen as a one-hit wonder.

A lot of people, they want you to be a one-hit wonder.

Shah Rukh is a one-man industry. You have to accept that and salute him.

I can't tell you how many thousands of small moments that I've had with employees in our company that have been nothing more than a one-on-one. I'll see the baggage-services person, he or she is by himself. I'll pull them off to the side and have a 15-minute conversation about their history, their life, that kind of thing.

If one wants to measure oneself by the facile accruement of awards, then I've done very well.

A four-year-old should have no self-esteem, and for good reason. What could he have possibly accomplished in his life to justify esteeming oneself so highly?

It's always the first 10,000 SoundCloud listens; that was definitely a big moment, seeing the online stuff grow and crowds grow.

The Internet is a contest between people with the same name to be the person who dominates that online space.

My father was proud that people thought I was a good actress. I'm the only child. And daddy's girl.

The only time you will see me content is when everyone is calling me the greatest fighter of all time.

The only time I was ever approached to write a book was when I was most famous.

It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'

'Spamalot' was a blip! I've never done anything else like that, and yet it's the only time I've ever been nominated for an Olivier award!

I love being onstage, I love getting applause, and I love the love that comes across the footlights. It's so much a part of what I do and what I've done most of my life.

I like that because the fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned.

When I started out in the late '80s, my act was pretty terrible, and for years, I kind of toiled in obscurity. I don't believe in a hierarchy in comedy; I feel that a person deserves respect the first time they get onstage, and after that, they just have to be funny and get more consistent.