Quotes About Recognition

It doesn't hurt to be in 'Game of Thrones,' that's for sure, mainly because people actually see your work, and that is great.

Game of Thrones' was my first big role and to be a part of that is definitely life-changing. It doesn't matter who you are, it will change your life forever.

Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap.

Closing the confidence gap means being honest about your abilities, not constantly undervaluing them.

What's the point of doing a brilliant Hedda Gabler in my back garden if no one will ever see it?

I consider myself extremely fortunate, and I am more happy for all the attention that I constantly garner.

It takes at least three years of quality and successful season play before a team can garner preseason respect.

People confuse me with Gateway.

Because I am the daughter of Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar, people have expectations fixed on me as I gear up to carry the family legacy.

Geeks are finally having their day.

I think that often my work is obscured by my gender identity.

If I want someone to recognize the gender identity I feel, I'd have to ask for that. I can't assume people will know how I'd like to be treated on their own.

We should not be assuming anything for anyone else's gender, because gender is defined by the individual.

Generally, we admire the thing we are not.

Sure, it's nice to get appreciation from the outside. But generally, I don't think personal accolades are appropriate in football.

Before 'Bake Off,' frankly, if you'd asked most people on the bus if they'd ever heard of me, it would probably only have been those aged over 55. But if they were 15, they wouldn't have, and that's the difference with 'Bake Off' - it's loved across the generations.

I would like to be known as one of the best actors in the world because that is something that I would have earned. And being sexiest would come from my genes... it is something I was born with and not earned it for myself.

Donna Tartt is a genius.

I think Milly Shapiro is a genius. She's just a fantastic person and a fantastic actress.

I do not consider myself a literal genius.

The writer Richard Curtis is a genius.

To be called a genius at 17 or 18 years old can sometimes cause arrested development.

There's a band in the U.K. called Elbow. They're not that big in the U.S., but I think they're genius.

As much as I'd love to explore other genres, I won't leave comedy. This genre has given me an identity.