Quotes About Recognition

At least she's the president of something, which is more than I can say.

President Bush bestowed the Congressional Medal on myself.

The way people look at me these days - that's the same way I looked at President Obama before I met him. We tend to forget that people who've attained a certain position are human.

I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for.

I got the Margaret Sanger award. I was kissed by President Obama.

I'll always respect that institution of the presidency, and I'll respect President Trump.

In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.

We've gotten to do so many great things throughout the years. We've gotten to meet presidents. We've been able to go to so many wonderful awards shows and meet so many great celebrities.

Lincoln had bad press, too. He wasn't appreciated until after he was gone.

I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director.

I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are preceving you.

The press made me something I really wasn't and I tried to live up to what they made me.

After my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press.

Actually, the most entitled people I've met are indie rockers and indie actors, because they really believe their press.

If I go out in the street and one guy gets a picture, then someone calls the press to say Mario was there. The day after in the press, it's, 'Mario was there'. That's normal, I just walk in town like a normal guy.

I never really got any attention until I was on MTV. I became a household name because I was on every day from 3-4 P.M. I wasn't prepared for it - how mean they can be in the press.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.

It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there.

I've always said that you're obviously doing something right if you have got pressure on you.

Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes.

My parents never pressured us. I didn't even know how good my mom and dad were until someone told us.

I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan, and 'Australia.' From my perspective it's very satisfying. Some movies people see and other movies they don't. 'Wolverine,' 'X Men,' I know that in some level people know me just for that and it's fine for me.

I have won so many awards including the Padma Shri and Arjuna Award. But all these awards do not carry the kind of prestige they did once.