Quotes About Recognition

I've never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn't know how really great he is.

It's really great that people are seeing me as a credible person. That alone is great. And the fact that people make fan accounts for me and recognize me now sometimes is really strange and cool.

Do a good job on a good film and you're on the map. Do a great job on a bad movie and not very many people will think of you.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

The world knows nothing of its greatest men.

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

The first thing out of Fidel Castro's mouth to me, he looked me right in the eye and said, 'You're a man of great courage.'

I am proud of Hillary Clinton because she has been and is a great history maker - in everything she has done.

I've learned in my career, it is much better to be recognized for all the great things you do on the field.

I know that great gifts come at a price, and that not all talent inspires admiration.

2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.

I just want to be remembered as a great actor.

Fame is really great in a lot of ways, you know? People are a lot nicer to you. Like, the more famous you are, the more free presents you get. And invitations to really amazing things.

Brad Paisley has always been really great to me, and that's no secret.

I doubt anybody gets taken seriously for very long. I'll be on some reality show in about six years going, Hey, I had a great year in 2006.

I never had a great role in a great film.

If you do a great job in one thing, people look at you that way and it's hard to break out of that.

Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.

Great art is a regional thing. I'm not saying my art is great. I recognize what I think is great about music is often on a regional level.

Somebody said to me, 'Whenever somebody says your name, a smile comes to their face.' That's a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way.

Popularity is when other people like you. Happiness is when you like yourself.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

I always thought that if I ever got good reviews I'd be happy. It's so empty. It's never what I wanted, ever. All I wanted was just what everybody else wants - to be loved.

Happiness is the sense that one matters.