Quotes About Recognition

No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.

With "The Office," they said, "We don't want anyone we recognize, so give us unknown actors," and I think that was the break that I needed. Because I went in and I got the role.

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill.

I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.

If someone picks up one thing you've written, you want them to go, 'Wow, this is pretty good.'

I personally have no interest in being a star or a celebrity. I want my stand-up comedy and how I think as a comedian to be recognized and successful.

I don't care if I'm funny. I just want people to believe I'm that guy.

Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."

Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.

The universe is biased toward consciousness because the universe wants to be noticed. It's a way into existential hope that doesn't have too much cliché wrapped around it.

I'm still quite small-minded and small-town, and people look at me like, "You're too famous to remember me." I want to give them a tap on the shoulder and thank them.

I don't need much more money, and I thought that when I retired that nobody would want to talk to me anymore. Then I did, and people still want to talk to me.

When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.

An actress wants to be seen. An actress wants to be loved. By multitudes of people, not just one lone man.

I really don't think that the Oscar changed my career much because I didn't want it to.

People want fame and I would never tell a person to not want that, because it's f--ing awesome. Actually.

When you're on MTV Asia, you're like royalty. When you walk down the streets of the Philippines or Indonesia, everyone wants to try to touch you.

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening.

Many people on the street recognize me and are so positive...I am extremely passionate about helping others get healthy and I never feel bothered when fans stop and want to talk.

The people that go on 'American Idol' do want some recognition and fame.

If we're a hit, let 'em say anything they want.

When you're in the eye of the hurricane, you're making the show - you just want the show to be good, you want it to be appreciated and those types of things.