Quotes About Recognition

We all make films to be hits.

I want to be an impact hitter. I want to be a guy that's in the lineup and he's an impact. I want people to be like, 'Arenado's coming up.'

I do not want to be a player who is known for hitting those 20-odd runs.

I want to be known for my hitting at least a little bit.

Being involved in 'The Hobbit' has been a huge boost for me. It's really put me on the map and helped me be taken more seriously as an actor.

There were no women's players I knew of. I didn't even know women's hockey existed.

Hockey players are given as much respect as any other sportsperson in our country.

I have met people who have called me the god of hockey, but in my head, I know who I am.

Myself and every Knockout in the company at the beginning worked so hard to build up a credible women's division in TNA so finally holding the title meant so much to me.

Unfortunately, everyone thought that Teri Hatcher was my wife. Matter of fact, I would be with my wife, holding my wife's hand at a football game, and someone would come up to me and say, 'Hey, I love those commercials you do with your wife.' My kids almost had shirts made up that said, 'Teri Hatcher is not my mom.'

Anyone that holds a championship you are on a list of a very few people that have had that special honor, and it is really incredible to say that no matter what you say about my wrestling career I was a World Heavyweight Champion and you can't take that away from me.

It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award.

People look at you and see a product. They don't see a soul. They see an empty hole.

Even after the first three series, I'm sure I would've been known all my life as James Herriot. I was concerned that I would dig the hole deeper, and I'm sure that's what I've done. I'm sure of it.

When I was growing up, I said to my ex-girlfriend, 'I will not be successful until everyone in Holland knows my name.' And it worked.

I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.

I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit.

I don't think I know a Scientologist except when I see one or two of their actors on the Hollywood screen.

What the Bleep Do We Know was not written with a deaf person in mind, but when they met me, it clicked with them to have me in it. But that happens with a lot of actors in Hollywood, not just with me.

Nobody gives a damn that I was in 'Head Of The Class,' but when they know I was Ricky in 'Better Off Dead,' they're like 'Holy crap, man! You were Ricky.' They go crazy.

It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say, 'Do you shop at Home Depot?' or 'Does your kid go to such and such school?' They want to know why they know me, even if they don't know my name. I don't think that's a bad thing, by the way; I think it's nice to be kind of anonymously famous.

I want people to know me in my home state. I want their approval.

There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.

The Tonys are also kind of like a homegrown party. You know everybody.