Quotes About Recognition

See, the big thing about that is, if we ain't winning, I ain't gonna be no Sixth Man of the Year.

I hope I'm the next big thing. We'll just have to wait and see, I guess. I'm sure there are a lot of other 'next big things' coming up. I hope I can stand out as that guy.

Being taken seriously was always the biggest challenge.

The biggest thing is we need to stop acting like racism don't exist.

After 'Nine Million Bicycles', I was sent bikes from all over the world. I got about 10.

Telemarketers tell me I sound like Bill Cosby.

It's totally weird to see myself on a billboard!

You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard.

I drive past the Mad Men billboard every day and I can't believe I'm on that show.

Everybody when they're little wants to be on billboards or on TV.

What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor.

People shouldn't think that something is their birthright. They need to prove themselves.

In this country, I don't get the respect. And that's not me being stupid, or bitter about it.

It's bizarre to be given an award for being empathetic and kind, which is what we all should be.

Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.

Throughout my life, I've known that if I change my hair, if I change my look, people I know will blank me in the street.

What attracted me to New York was there was an anonymity that I couldn't always have in Los Angeles, and it was easier to blend in there. The more successful you are, the less you are able to do that.

I've had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.

I appreciate every blessing.

Seeing somebody get what they earned is always a blessing.

I've always had the luck or blessing that someone would say, 'I liked what you did in that movie. I'd like you to be in my movie.'

Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it?

I feel, as an artist, that we don't do enough to appreciate our fans. We are in this position because of the fans, and it's really a blessing.

I don't know. I just do what I do, man, and it's a blessing for people to respect what I do.