Quotes About Recognition

People think I disappear sporadically, but I just do projects that don't get international acclaim.

Often I've met people who are famous, and as you get to know them, they disappoint you.

I was really disappointed with the lack of respect from the UFC towards Brazilian athletes.

I'm not disappointed with bronze. It's always good to come away with a medal.

Off the pitch, everyone says I and Mario Balotelli look alike, but I don't think so. A fan was waiting for a long time after a game for me. When I came out it turned out he was waiting as he thought I was Mario. He was pretty disappointed!

I am never disappointed in life in not getting any awards: it is the movies which keep me going, not the awards.

Not many people can say, 'I was top 150 in the world for something,' in any discipline.

From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.

A young comic, if he's any good, can easily get on 'Carson' or 'Griffin' or 'Dinah Shore,' because they want to say the same thing, that they discovered the new talent.

It's strange to be getting into your dotage and suddenly discovering that you have a fanbase.

I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me.

A lot of people want to discredit me.

There's a difference between the parts that I play and who I am and who people think I am. There's quite a big discrepancy sometimes between those things.

If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.

Whenever there is a discussion on Tollywood anywhere in the world, people talk about Prosenjit Chatterjee - what else can I ask for?

Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.

People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.

Don't dismiss Auriemma and UConn just because their excellence shines on the female side of the coin.

I think a lot of the time, comic art is dismissed as... not art, and comic writing is dismissed as not literature.

While talking to Wardha, I realized that Disney is actually the surname of the man behind the studio, but one only identifies it with animation. Now I have a new dream. If I can achieve the same level of legend with the Nadiadwala name, that would be awesome.

Submitting myself for awards feels like a weird kind of horn-blowing that's not comfortable for me. I'm really happy when someone likes my work, but I don't like marketing myself, putting myself on display.

You might be an elite-level athlete in the room, but if no one gets to see you display your craft it doesn't matter.

I don't think Hollywood respects multi-camera television. Well, I don't think they disrespect it, but I don't think it gets respect for its artistry.