Quotes About Recognition

I want to be on the All-Defensive team, be rookie of the year, make the All-Star team, all that type of stuff.

I love the fact that, if I don't win multiple championships, that I probably won't be mentioned amongst the other guys in Celtics history who've done it before. That type of stuff motivates me.

I would love to be nominated for an award at some point or do something that at least engenders the type of cultural conversation that a role like Giancarlo Esposito on 'Breaking Bad,' or actually any of the people on 'Breaking Bad.' I would love to have a role in a feature film that was a cultural talking point.

In India, big stars like Akshay Kumar or Salman Khan do comedy and serious films and we call them great actors. But when it comes to actors of my stature, people rush to typecast me as a comedian without giving a look to all my work.

When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast.

I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether they're seen or not is another issue.

A lot of actors seem to dislike typecasting these days. The funny thing is, that's a fairly recent development. It used to be that actors wanted to be typecast so audiences could remember them and identify with them.

I feel that I have not got my due in films. However, I did a lot of good work on television and that's why I never got typecast.

I don't mind getting typecast as long as it is not overpowering me as an actor.

In films, maybe I was lost or typecast.

People tend to typecast you in a certain way, depending on the kind of work you have been doing till then.

I never dreamed in a million years that 'The Lord of the Rings' would be nominated for an Oscar. Those types of fantasy movies never got nominations.

When I got a plaque, when I got a No. 1, a cover of 'XXL,' these are the types of things that let me know I'm aligning with the artists I looked up to.

There are lots of people who are red-carpet types, but that's not me.

To me, there are two types of celebrity: there's good celebrity - people that are attracted to the food and working and trying to create something great - and then there's bad celebrity - those who are working on being a celebrity.

Certainly, there is a tendency to lump women who write similar types of books together, and it's not just in crime, is it? Women's fiction is supposedly a whole genre of itself. There's no male equivalent.

On a typical day, walking down the street, there are a couple of photographers and then there get to be more and more. It's the most awkward thing, because you have to pretend that they're not there and it drives you nuts.

People look at me and they don't see what they think is a typical Aboriginal.

When you hear 'Truth of Touch,' I believe you recognize that it is me; however it's not the typical Yanni album.

When artists who are not associated with the typical infrastructure get recognition, that becomes a cultural movement.

Going out is the typical thing when you turn 18, but it's not really much fun when you have a recognisable face.

Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin... to have my name up there with those types of guys is a blessing and a humbling feeling.

I knew I'd conquered America when Mike Tyson told me I was one mean lady.

I've had a lot of people tell me I'm faster than Tyson.