Quotes About Recognition

Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.

If you start trying to figure out yourself from the image everyone has of you, you run into a dead end.

At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.

Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf.

I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist.

If you don't accept there is a problem, then it is hard to debate things.

'Sanam Teri Kasam' is definitely my best Bollywood debut.

It's easier to debut in a game than make a comeback, because in the latter, people know you and expect something from you. When you're playing your first match, they're just excited and don't know what you're capable of.

Debut novels are difficult because nobody knows you... they just don't find a huge audience, because that's how the market works.

After winning so many debut awards, I never thought I would win for 'Ishaqzaade.'

I couldn't have asked for anything better than 'Dangal' because we got to prove ourselves there in every way. The character has really changed my life, so it's really important to start off with a really good debut.

They have accepted me as a big debut Bollywood director. So, I should write something brilliant.

I was very young when I made my debut, I was almost like a kid getting that kind of success and adulation which was difficult to cope.

The pressure of kind of being one of the top guys for almost a decade, it's been awesome.

I remember the night in December 2005 when the Bulls retired my number and will never, ever forget it.

Without these people who want selfies? People pay decent money to come and watch you. It doesn't hurt to take time out, and give back.

If my movies are earning decent numbers, my work is being appreciated, then you might not feel it, but if something bad happens, the onus doesn't come only on actors.

I'm 28 now. I've played 10 seasons in the top division, scored 170 goals in 400 games, and still I'm having to prove to people that I'm a decent player.

I want people to see what I can do. Not see what Steph can do or my dad can do and then assume that's what I do. I want them to actually watch me play and then decide who they think I am.

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in their film.

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

I'd chosen to dedicate my life to writing, and I asked myself, 'if you write your whole life, and nobody ever sees a word, is it as a writer that you die?'

My evolution came not as a plan but as opportunities came. People offer them when they see you're doing something well. It's up to you to recognize them, take them, and then dedicate yourself to them.