Quotes About Validation

To be honest, I didn't even know my smile could be such a big deal.

I was the National Juco Player of the Year, so I thought I was a big shot.

People make a big thing about rankings, but being first or second in the world doesn't mean much if you don't actually win anything.

When you first start out, it's a big thing you're always like 'does my voice sound good?'

Being taken seriously was always the biggest challenge.

I would be happy to be a footnote in my dad's bio. I don't care about trying to be famous or prove that I didn't need him. Even if they say I'm riding his coattails, I'm confident enough in my own music that I don't worry about that.

People shouldn't think that something is their birthright. They need to prove themselves.

I think that gay men in particular need to just listen to bisexual people and believe them when they say they're attracted to different genders.

In this country, I don't get the respect. And that's not me being stupid, or bitter about it.

The best thing #MeToo did was say women's experiences matter. You can't blame us for what happens to us anymore.

My father didn't believe in my music. I don't blame him.

When I started my blog, it was really this one goal - I said, 'I am not going to be famous to the world, but I could be famous to people on the Internet.' And I set a goal. I said, 'I'm going to win an award,' because I had never won an award in my entire life.

Some people with blogs are never going to get famous, and they've been doing it for, like, over a year. I feel bad for them.

Maybe I'm not a good enough artist that people just think of me. Maybe in the future, I'll bloom into something that will just make people look at me for what I am.

The President doesn't ring people out of the blue, so you know you've done something well.

Men work on their bodies. They want to be looked at.

I don't want to go to Bollywood just to prove I've worked there.

Awards bolster your confidence in wonderful ways. But they aren't the world.

If you feel you have made a great piece of work, which the script for 'The Lovely Bones' was, and that it suddenly means nothing, it's like being in the land of the lost. You don't know what's good or bad and what anything means.

It is nice to have a lot of people watch your work but I really have thought of it as not the goal of my career but a bonus in my career.

If young children boo me, that makes my day.

When they boo you, you know they mean you.

If people can understand me and accept me as a woman, I'm going to get booked for more jobs.

It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.