Quotes About Recognition

With 'Minecraft,' I've started creating serene ambiance music. As the game went on to become famous, people started identifying me as the ambient music person, which I never actually thought I was.

By giving your feelings a name, you're identifying how you feel.

Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.

I was a big athlete, but I think a lot of the things I did were because they were my false identity, if you will. They got me acceptance, and they got me that attention that I craved.

Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself.

I never get to forget who I am, my gender identity.

You own your identity; it is important to feel that way.

Now I'm just known as McDreamy, I've lost all identity as Patrick Dempsey, I'm now McDreamy.

I like the idea of a world, even within a big giant city, where you're not anonymous. You have an identity, and that's an identity that's known just sort of by shopkeepers. I felt that as a kid, and I loved it.

I guess I've always had a - not really thought of myself as this big star, big identity in the game.

It's great to be thought of as the master of anything. Even idiocy. Master of idiocy, Wes Craven. But if it's master of horror or fear or whatever, that's great.

I just didn't want people to think, Here's this idiot Danish actor who made up this name to get attention. It's really quite common here, and I've had it all my life.

I am very proud to be a part of '3 Idiots,' and happy that the character has worked in a big way.

I didn't ever imagine, except in the most idle, obviously wish-fulfillment, ego-gratification fantasies, that anything I wrote would ever win awards, let alone so many.

I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'

People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.

I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.

People who have seen my movies don't look at me like an idol. They just give me a lot of love and respect.

It's always good to get compliments from your idol.

To have people come up to me and congratulate me and little kids telling me I'm their 'idol,' it's all great.

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that.

I didn't know if I could act, but I knew I could be a great ballet dancer, and Balanchine put out the carpet for me.

Now that I'm with RCA, they were able to get radio on board, and it's just really awesome to see their support and 'What Ifs' going to No. 1.

That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them.