Quotes About Recognition

If you don't take care of the people doing the heavy lifting, they will burn your castle down.

That's one of the good things about being recognisable - if you need a quick escape, the cabbies will take care of you.

It's amazing how people will treat you better when you're 'somebody.' The minute clerks in a store recognize me, they suddenly rush to take care of me. That irritates me.

We need to take care of people that are out there busting their butts trying to make it; that's what everyone's done for me.

For example, for me, my brother helped me get a manager, which I don't take for granted. It's tough getting a manager, let alone one that actually cares about you and is smart. But from there, no one's going to cast me just because I'm James Franco's little brother.

Success is easy to take for granted.

We have to remind ourselves that what we take for granted now is hard-won.

I want people to know that I don't take for granted what's been given to me.

It's an honor to be selected to the All-Star Game. It's not something I take for granted.

When it came to the Hall of Fame, I've been very critical of the direction they've taken and I'd feel like a hypocrite if I just accepted this Hall of Fame while I'm so against what they're doing.

The film industry is large enough and has many successful icons that have taken Indian cinema to shores beyond India. I think that Indian cinema itself needs to be applauded beyond one individual.

I have a job I'm pretty good at. I am in charge of things. I am on committees. People respect me and take my counsel. I want to be strong and professional, but I resent how hard I have to work to be taken seriously, to receive a fraction of the consideration I might otherwise receive.

I've always had a complex about being taken seriously.

In the scheme of things, I'm just a guy who gets my picture taken.

For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1.

I have never taken stardom seriously.

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.

Female actors' contribution to films are at par with male actors. So just because they signed the film, they can't be taken for granted.

I don't like being taken for granted anywhere in life. I don't want my vote taken for granted.

I'm fortunate in one way and I can take pride from the fact that I've consistently performed for 10 years, which is something that not many people can do. I've consistently stayed near the top for 10 years which is maybe something that is overlooked and taken for granted.

There are almost no takers for independent musicians in India.

I feel like when you call me inspirational, it takes away from the success that I've actually had. Would you say that to any other comic that just ripped the mic for an hour?

For a female artist, it takes a lot more to be taken seriously if you're not sat down at a piano or with a guitar, you know?

In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.