Quotes About Recognition

When we did Beats, we had to begin again. Nobody at Best Buy knew who we were.

The room is full of such talent. It's a beautiful thing about the SAG Awards. It's the most rewarding room to be in as an actor.

When I was a kid, people people would always say, 'Oh you look like Chilli from TLC.' It wasn't until I did 'Akeelah and the Bee' that people started saying I looked like Angela Bassett, but before then it was Chilli.

I'm not going to beg anyone else and say 'please please Dana give me the title shot.' Because its like, I'm showing up, I'm fighting in great fashion. I believe the fans like my style. That should be all.

To acknowledge the beginnings of people is a beautiful thing.

I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.

You must reward the kind of behavior that you want.

Everyone saw me cry with happiness after I won the Beijing medals. It's really embarrassing.

Going into Beijing I was like 'what's a Paralympics?'

I hate being famous. You have no freedom. You can't do anything.

I've never been interested in being famous. I enjoy acting. That's what's important to me.

Being famous is part of my job.

We are taught these days that being famous is more important than actually doing something.

I'm a big star in Asia, but I never think about being famous.

Being famous is fun.

It's hard to say I don't like being famous, but how I feel is that I don't see myself as that person. It baffles me that people would want a picture with me.

To me, I can be famous in sports. But to me, I cannot say it means a lot to be famous. Being famous is something I don't like.

'iNkaba' has made me famous in the living rooms of the people of my country. It was almost like being famous all over again. People stop me in the street and shopping malls to take pictures.

I love being famous.

I was always rewarded for being funny. I liked being funny.

The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.

It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast.

Just keep being yourself. Keep being yourself, and people recognize it.

I don't like seeking all the attention. When you start doing stuff like that, it gets into your head, you are not being yourself.