Quotes About Recognition

'Beloved.' That's an amazing film and I'm sorry more people didn't see it when it came out.

I'm sorry, but I am not interested in getting cheap popularity. I've earned my success through sincere hard work. And that's the only success I want.

Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling.

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.

Celebrity and actor are two completely different professions, and I don't believe that they mix if you want to maintain any sort of credibility.

I think cricket and cinema are two big entities in the country. If you are part of either, you are sorted.

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

I've never sought to be known or recognized by people.

One of my biggest fears with 'Coloring Book' was that it would be labeled. I hate labels. I never sought out for people to recognize it as a gospel album.

I've had three or four Scottish Premier League clubs contact me about going there and doing something. A couple of those clubs couldn't be further away from London so I'd have to seriously think about it, but it's nice to be sought after and nice to be wanted.

Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it.

I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly.

It's cool to be recognized, but it's not something that I was seeking or sought after. I never wanted to be famous.

When I recieved the Padmabhushan it was a happy moment no doubt, but it was not something I sought desperately to win. I never worked towards the award.

I want everybody to know my name because I feel like I give so much of my heart and my soul in my music.

I knew in my soul that girls like me needed to be represented.

When you meet your best friend in real life, or you meet your soulmate, you just know it, and you feel it.

It was very important to establish a sound, so that people heard a record on the radio and knew immediately that it was you.

What I can offer the game is creating a sound that, when you hear it, you know it's mine.

I live out in the country in Scotland and know that if I close my eyes, I can recognise every sound.

The day I say I'm famous is the day I sound like a fanny.

The circumstance is the incredible part, but I always knew in my heart that something was going to be out there, just for the world to notice me. It sounds so cocky, but it's happening.

But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.

I've been acting for a long time now, but as narcissistic as this sounds - and I don't mean it to sound - every time I see my name up there, there is real sense of pride.