Quotes About Recognition

Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.

Most of us have experienced wow moments. We just haven't taken time to think deeply about them.

If I hear a song like "Time After Time." I'm sittin' there lookin' at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin' this song. I said, "God damnnnnn!"

Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work.

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.

We're receiving information from all the planes of our consciousness all the time, but we don't acknowledge their existence; we treat the information as static, as noise.

Being talked about like a package - I feel like that all the time.

William Packard surely must be one of the great editors of our time.

Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words.

I'm thankful for the position that I'm in, I'm thankful to go to the ceremony [of Grammys] the first time, thankful for everything. I'm just taking it step by step.

I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.

See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

I've been famous for a long, long time. So I don't think of it - I think of it very differently. It's the normal temperature of my room.

I'm not trying to stay away from being a celebrity, I'm not saying, 'I'm sooo not famous,' I'm trying to continue being a musician in a time when everyone is very celebrity-led.

At the same time, as you know, unless you are a comic book reader, Daredevil is not a known thing.

The first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown.

I make up different names for my cat all the time - Flapjack, Bowtie, Popcorn. But he's really, "Hey you, cat."

Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer have anything to say and take to performing instead of stating.

I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I'm in Europe. I'm always shocked that I'm still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago.

I was trying to find out who my father was. They say that at that time, that if you are illegitimate, the father doesn't have to put his name down on the certificate.

We can't control whether we are rewarded for our endeavours, with cash or recognition. It is not up to us how much cash or time we get on Earth, but it is down to us how we spend it.

Most passport pictures are good likenesses, and it is time we faced it.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

People have a hard time accepting when someone displays even the slightest amount of discomfort in the spotlight. You're supposed to soak up every bit of fame like it's sunshine.