Quotes About Recognition

Everywhere I go today, people talk about Bengali cinema. I completely refuse to accept that Bengali filmmakers are not making good films.

There are not too many places I can go without someone saying, 'Hey, can I take a picture of you with my daughter,' or whatever. I'm humble when it comes to that stuff. I never refuse a handshake or a kiss on the cheek. The fans are the ones who put me where I am today.

There are doubters out there, and for the people in the media who refuse to recognize me or acknowledge what I have accomplished, I can't worry about it.

You know Sarkozy offered me the Legion d'honneur medal? I refused. People said I refused because I don't like Sarkozy, but that's ridiculous. I refused because I don't like decorations - except on women.

You'd think people would regard you as an actor and you could play anything. But with TV they regard you almost as a member of the family.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

To have the regard of one's peers is immensely moving.

I regard myself as an actress but, obviously, not in the Dame Judi Dench league. That isn't a problem because I don't think we are ever likely to be up for the same part!

I think the big thing I've had going for me in that regard has been the success of the league. I don't have quite as much control over things as people believe, so I frequently receive more credit than I deserve, and occasionally more criticism as well.

My culture doesn't regard acting highly.

I never used to get photographed and people asking for autographs. I don't mind the autographs, but the paparazzi I find weird. As an actor, you want to be able to regard the world instead of having it regard you.

I regard myself as being enormously lucky to have been accepted by the British public in so many areas.

Honors and awards are very interesting, and I truly accept them. I have very high regard for what they mean. What they mean is that they're pointing to the work.

It's something I take a lot of pride in, that people compliment me and hold me in high regard.

I don't want to be regarded as a female pundit. I'm a pundit.

The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved.

Of course, I'd love to be regarded as a voice of authority.

The men I worked for didn't look at me as having any gender at all. They regarded me more as a workhorse.

I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.

I'm regarded as the patron saint of manicurists.

In the old days we were the challenger brand competing against the big banks, but today I go round the world and I sit with governors of central banks and finance ministers and, in some cases, prime ministers. They all know Travelex. We are regarded as the establishment - the world's largest retailer of foreign currency.

I want to get to a level where I am regarded as one of the best and coming to a club like Chelsea gives me the right platform to improve.

Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be accepted as a compliment.

Any of us in the public eye must remember: Never, ever believe your own press, and pray to develop a hypersensitive gag reflex regarding your own importance.