Quotes About Recognition

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

I wanted to be an actress. I think it had a lot to do with being a kid and watching how every time my dad would stand up to talk people would applaud... that was pretty cool.

You've changed," he said. "You're-uh-" "Yes?" "Taller." "I hope so. I was ten the last time you saw me." "And your hair's really dark now-and short," he added.

I'll never make it, it will never happen, because they're never going to hear me 'cause they're screaming all the time.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time

American Pie' was a big movie for me. No one knew it at the time, but it allowed me to be offered such movies as 'Like Mike' and 'New York Minute' with the Olsen twins

My greatest thrill? That's easy. It came the day Mr. McGraw named his 20 all-time players. I'm ninth on that list and that is thrill enough to last me a lifetime.

I remember seeing Eddie Murphy RAW and seeing people laughing and having a good time and that was the same response I was getting so I thought I was on to something.

Who is here with you?" "Don't stop," she begged. "Who is here with you?" he repeated, harshly this time. "You are." "What is my name?" "Reyes

The only time I get recognised is when I go somewhere that is showing 'Coupling' on local television.

People will have an altered idea of who you are unless they really take time to get to know you, which of course they don't. They just get what they see, and they take that to the bank.

Singletons should not have to explain themselves all the time but should have an accepted status — like geisha girls do

I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.

Dr. King's Nobel Prize had a more powerful transforming effect on him than I think he realized at the time.

Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.

I'm just a guy. I get treated like I'm famous but I don't take it seriously. I take the time people take out to check me out very, very seriously.

I've been writing books without ego for a very long time. I feel like it will get what it deserves. Or won't get what it doesn't deserve.

I'm Lila, and yes, he's crazy. But you must have noticed that before now. He was crazy back when I knew him, and he's obviously gotten crazier over time.

Now it's time to play a brand new game called Name That Barcode. Here's the first one: "Thick black, thin white, thick black, thick white, thick black, thin white." OK who's going to identify that?

Cool people still have a hard time showing what they got in Hollywood.

Two people see each across a room or their skin brushes. Their souls recognize the person as their own. It doesn't need time to figure it. The soul always knows... whether it's right or wrong.

It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'

I would often go on as myself, when I wasn't working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and who I was.