Quotes About Validation

I hope people don't get bored of me. That fear is always there.

People like you as long as you agree with them. But that doesn't bother me.

There's always going to be someone somewhere who doesn't agree with my parents' opinion of me. It can't bother you.

I think I had a lot to do with why there's even a thing such as 205 Live. In the past, when they started that, they didn't even acknowledge me. I've gotta lie to tell you that that didn't bother me.

I don't bother about awards.

People always say that you shouldn't read reviews at all, or if you do then believe both the good and the bad ones. I just choose to believe the ones that think I'm brilliant. The ones that don't, well, I just don't bother with them.

Had I not been Roddy Llewellyn, I don't suppose anyone would have bothered to take an interest in my ambition to make a record.

You have to have box office success because only then will people show interest in you.

If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.

I've had so much success. I had something to say, I got to say it, people heard it, and they agreed. That's every artist's dream. That's the brass ring.

The thing about fame is, you want it your whole life, but no matter how bright you are, no one ever asks themselves why they want fame. You never really know what it is until you have it. You can never tangibly feel your own fame.

If I played badly as a kid, my dad would tell me, and my mum would say, 'You were brilliant today'. It's nice to have both: when I need a bit of confidence, I'll see her, and if I need to hear it straight, I'll see my dad.

I've always felt embraced by the Broadway community even before I felt like I earned it.

Having spent time on the Broadway stage definitely helps one's confidence in terms of feeling just validated in that world. Most people only know my voice as a country artist.

I wanted to show people that I'm not a bust. I can play. I can do this.

When someone recognises you or wants an interview, you think, 'You know, maybe I've done something good. Maybe I have a good result.' So if you see it in that way, it becomes a lot easier, and you realise that, actually, you're there and you've succeeded because of the media, because if it wasn't for them, no one in the world would know us.

When you're succeeding, and you're doing something right... As I've got haters, I know I'm doing something right.

I don't need awards to show me how successful I am or to prove to me that I'm doing a good thing and that I'm succeeding.

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.

I think the biggest thing is that success is not measured by whether or not you're on 'CBS This Morning' or whether or not you make the local news station.

It really helps to know what success is before you get there, and if you know, then you can head right for it. For some people, it's the most money. For some, it's the most power. For some, it's the most girlfriends. Everybody's got a measure. For me, I guess it's having the respect and admiration of your peers.

My idea of success is not Oscars. Am I glad I have that little trinket? Yes, I am. But it depends on how you define success. The minute I got my first professional cheque from Joel Schumacher, I was successful. Somebody's paying me to act!

Success is something that other people always point out. I don't think one ever thinks of oneself as successful, because if you do, you're going to immediately lose whatever it is that's driving you, aren't you?