Quotes About Recognition

Side note: When I dressed up like Harley Quinn on TV a long time ago, everyone was like, 'Who is that?' And now she's got an entire merchandise line.

I love looking at people who have achieved a lot - even Kim Kardashian, who has made a brand out of being a reality TV star; I applaud that.

People know me as a TV actor but they don't know who the real Abhinav Shukla is.

In the end, Kane will be remembered as a character I played on TV. In that respect, I want people to remember me for more than that.

Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. I achieved that a long time ago with TV. I don't need any more.

People see you on TV every day, they start knowing your name. You know, I was always just the guy from Maroon 5 until I became myself.

It's odd, because 'Mad Men' was the first long-form TV thing I ever did. I'd done loads of independent movies, but after that, it was 'TV actor.' You go, 'When did that happen? Everything else has been erased?'

All the jobs I've gotten in the last two years are because directors have seen the work I've done - indie films, plays, short student films, TV - since I moved to the states in 1996. I mean, I have an entire career in Canada that nobody has seen.

People behave differently to TV stars and film stars; it's to do with the scale of the medium. Film stars get hushed awe, TV stars get slapped on the back. Neither is good for you. Famous people don't hear the word 'no' enough.

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

I expect filmmakers to look at talent and realize that the medium should open up more for TV actors too.

Many of you might already recognize me as the guy in the question-mark suits appearing in the late night TV commercials and on the cover of educational books and CDs.

I have an Emmy, but it's no big deal: work in TV news long enough, you eventually get one.

'Monty Python' is now more recognised by the films than by the TV series.

I realize I live in a bubble, and all the opportunities are there to me. And having done a number of popular TV series, I'm mildly famous in certain situations, and lots of doors open to me.

The way I look at it, you've got to quit your TV series before they'll consider you in movies.

People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show.

It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.

But I don't only get recognized for 'Friday the 13th.' I was on a TV show called' I've Got a Secret.' I was on that show for ten or eleven years. The older people always remember me from that.

My parents have let me do whatever I am interested in. Initially, they were apprehensive, but when they realised that filmmaking was my passion and that I was doing a good job with the short films and the recognition in 'Naalaya Iyakkunar' TV show, they supported and encouraged me.

I was in a TV show called 'Orrible' with Johnny Vaughan, I did the last series of 'Teachers', I did two or three different characters on 'The Bill'. Just stuff like that. The 'Inbetweeners' was the first thing that really took off.

Back in '96, I was on 'The Price Is Right' pointing at refrigerators, and 'Extra,' the TV show, came down. They were the first entertainment entity that put people up on the Internet, so they put my picture up, and America Online called the next day and said I got a zillion or whatever downloads. I didn't know what a download was!

Like, if you are a celebrity, then anyone will let you be in a film or on a TV show, and if you're an actor, chances are if you are successful, you are becoming a celebrity.