Quotes About Recognition

Frankly, I hadn't expected my role in 'Avvai Shanmughi' to be so significant.

After I signed for Man City, the people back home in Brazil congratulated me for signing for one of the top teams.

Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.

I remember, once I was going through Nice airport with Roger Moore, and these kids came up and asked for our autographs. Afterwards, Roger said, 'It must be very strange for you. I'm an actor, and signing autographs is part of what I do. But you're a public figure who people don't really know.' He was right.

People are always asking me for pictures, signing autographs, everywhere I go. Before, it used to irritate me, but I've learned to handle the situation. I cannot run away unless I lock myself in my room and never go out.

I feel like a star while signing autographs.

'The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.

The contributions of influential African Americans have frequently been ignored, underrepresented, and even silenced.

People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.'

I have a recognizable silhouette.

The loser, the fool, is embraced in England because there is a recognition of silliness there that allows a person to keep his ambitions and desires at a certain distance. Just being in the race is enough.

I didn't want to start aiming for fame. It would be silly to not have entertained offers.

I mean, we make a 15-minute show that's incredibly silly, even though all of our scenic designers, puppet builders. animators, everybody that works on the show take their work very seriously. So somebody saying that we'd even be in contention for a very respectable award is really nice.

It annoys me when people can't differentiate between the character and the actor, which is a little bit silly.

It seemed silly to me I was getting all this recognition and attention for being with Howard. So I thought, 'I have this platform, what can I do with it?' Let's put forth my passion of animal rescue.

Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Two gold medals and two silver, I don't think is that bad... I think I still did a pretty good job.

Cinema immortalizes ordinary people. Not just the ones we watch on the silver screens, but also the behind the scene heroes.

I've been able to do some great things. I've gone to All-Star Games, I've won Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers - I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, really - and I've been fortunate financially.

No one needs to treat you like a star kid in the industry, but you do get pointed at... people assume you get everything on a silver platter, but that's not true.

Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries.

One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle.

When they thought of me, they always remembered the vacuous Billie Dawn. It was as simple as that.