Quotes About Recognition

They call me the Albertan of Quebec. It stuck.

At The Body Shop we had always been measured by how many jobs we had created, and I got a major award from the Queen on that.

I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team.

I think at some point I need an OBE from the Queen as I've entertained the nation during Corona.

I was prom queen, and the year before, I was prom king. It was kind of the same; you just got a differently shaped crown.

Look at films like 'Raazi,' 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi' and 'Padmaavat'... women in our film industry have changed the whole scenario. They are no less than our male actors.

Be it 'Jhalak,' 'Dance India Dance' or 'Nach Baliye,' I give all the credit to Ekta Kapoor as, just because of her, I am here. She has an eye to identify the real talent. Instead, I would say she knows how to make things work for her. She is not simply called the queen of Indian Television: she is the tigress of TV, I would say.

When we did 'Chicago' and we announced Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, and Queen Latifah, everybody went crazy and said, 'What are they doing? What are they thinking?' And, now, you look at the movie, and you see that we chose the people that we wanted for that movie, and we were so proud of all of them.

Queen Latifah once came up to me and said 'Bebot' was her favorite song. She said, 'I don't know what you're talking about, but it feels dope!'

I don't think I knew Ru was a drag queen when I would see her in 'The Brady Bunch Movie.'

The Queen is a true professional and calmly pinned my MBE on.

Everything about my brand is where I am from like the title of my album 'Queen of Da Souf'... I always credit my city because that is my brand.

I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.

When I go back to my hood, Queens, Brooklyn, or here in L.A., the people that's not famous, that's what inspires me.

There are bigger queens of the selfie, but I'm up there.

I take the time to show up for people in my field who are often not seen and heard in the same capacity as I am. Applauding other women and queer writers of color enables me to recognize and showcase the abundance of talent and work being created.

I've known I was gay since I was young, I think. And I mean young - like, young - like 5 or 6. I think most gay people or queer people know there's something different about them very early, but I didn't know what to call it.

It's so important to recognize that there have been fabulous queer artists all throughout our history.

I don't want to be a queer icon. I want to be an icon.

The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

You know yourself if you are doing well, and I think my form shouldn't be getting questioned.

I'm just so tired of people questioning me and really tired of people not calling me Foodgod. It's my name. Jonathan is not my name.

When I look back over my career, I just feel pleased that I'm still working and getting some good roles. It's been 30 years now, and a generation has grown up with me. There are kids who don't have a clue who I am, but they queue up and ask for my autograph and admit their mums love me! It's all good - I am having a ball.