Quotes About Recognition

Everyone knows a lot about me without actually knowing me at all.

In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.

The blessing is that everyone knows who I am because of the commercials.

Nobody in England knows the real Luis Suarez.

The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition.

One of the reasons I'm called 'Demon Chef' is because in Hong Kong, people were calling me God chef, and I right away took away that term because calling yourself God is blasphemous.

I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.

When I'm in America, everyone thinks of me as the Asian girl. When I go to Korea, everyone thinks of me as an American.

People don't really assume that I'm Filipino. Of course, they're gonna think, 'Oh, are you some sort of Hispanic?' and you say, 'No, I'm actually not.' I get Korean or Chinese a lot.

I cannot believe I became some kind of hero. I'm just a common Korean woman.

It would be ridiculous for anyone to consider me the face of Korean art.

We all want to be affiliated with success. It's the impulse of people who have been excluded, and Koreans have been excluded from lots of parties.

He was never a kung fu guy. Now, he's Mr. Kung Fu. Oh, man. Even Chow Yun-Fat gets typed!

Kurt Angle and Matt Hardy... I have so much respect for them.

For years, I tried to resist the hero label.

I don't think the label cares about an album... People just want their number-one record.

I don't care what you label me as long as you call me president.

I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act.

It's one thing to be a fan and it's another thing to be a label.

Hollywood likes to label everyone so you're easier to identify.

People label you the way they know you best.

It's a great feeling being with a label that respects what I do.

Going for the Rhodes, it really put a label on me that was hard to shake, and frankly I don't think that I did shake it.

You just can't label one player as an MVP. There are nine guys on the field.