Quotes About Validation

You really have to prove yourself and prove your worth. I didn't come from family that had been here for generations and had all these connections.

When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.

My career has worked out exactly how I like, and I am just happy to go to a coffee shop and nobody knows me, or when they do, they are complimenting me on the work they have seen, and it feels very genuine.

It's nice to have genuine appreciation for what you've achieved in the game. You don't often get it in Britain.

The Germans are very critical. They like to drag acts down. They make you feel you're not so good - not so important.

If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.

With 'Mouthful of Shame,' all of my fans or the majority of them said it's the best thing you've ever done and that meant a lot because as you go on with time, if they're still really enjoying it, that means you're getting better.

I would go out with people who really didn't like me very much and then wonder why we weren't getting married!

Young guys kind of have this chip on their shoulder of, 'I want to prove something,' right? 'I've got to prove how tough I am. I've got to prove how good I am.' And man, now as I'm getting older, I think it's almost sad when guys my age and older still have that chip on their shoulder.

You gig and gig and wonder what your first Edinburgh show will be like, if people will like it, and when they do, it just feels like it validates the last few years of your life, and that you're on the right track.

I was that ginger kid who always wanted people to like him. It's hard, and you've got a big chip on your shoulder for a long time.

I always think it's weird when guys come up to me and say that their girlfriends love me.

I just hope that God will give me the strength that I can prove my worth.

I always feel the most validated and confident being around people that I find funny - having Fred Armisen laugh at a scene or Bill Hader or Seth Meyers give me a compliment.

People will always consider me a cartoon character, a bimbo. They will never give me credit.

People don't want to give me credit, which is fine.

My acting gives me my self-worth.

Awards shows mainly publicize the people giving the awards.

I'm just glad that people think I'm good. The other way around would not be fun!

Glasgow is certainly a place where they will tell you if they don't think you are anything special.

It's funny, one of the reasons why I never wear my glasses any more is that, when I was younger, a guy once said that he liked me until he found out that I wear glasses.

I never went out looking for glory.

If someone out there gets his 15 minutes of glory by using my name, so be it.

You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.