Quotes About Recognition

I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians.

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

I so desperately wanted to be Mr. Somebody. Instead, I was the little brother, included to a point.

Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.

Every year I look at the 'GQ' Best-Dressed List and have thought what an honour it must be to be included. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw my own face in there.

I'm immensely proud to have been made a CBE, but I don't ever use the letters after my name unless someone has included them in correspondence.

Being able to compete against the best, having success against the best, and to be included with the best - that's something I really relished whenever I got on the court.

After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great.

It's better to be incognito because otherwise everyone is talking to you because they know you - and you can't concentrate on the training because everyone is talking to you.

I can never be incognito... but I love it!

The word 'celebrity' and the word 'architect' are basically incompatible.

I want my fan base to increase.

The National Award is a matter of pride for me, and it has also increased my responsibilities towards the country.

At the beginning, when I did 'Yeh Saali Hai Zindagi,' I got a lot of love, which is ever increasing.

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.

Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible.

To win one Moonman is amazing, to win two is incredible.

It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.

Since 'Qismat' did well independently, it was embraced by Bollywood.

The amount of exposure you get in India as a musician in Bollywood is so much better than what one gets independently.

In India, I'm always 'Aruna Roy's husband.'

In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.

I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.

The response that I have got over the years is the best example that the people of India love me, and I feel as much Indian as anybody.