Quotes About Validation

Being involved in 'The Hobbit' has been a huge boost for me. It's really put me on the map and helped me be taken more seriously as an actor.

People look at you and see a product. They don't see a soul. They see an empty hole.

I want people to know me in my home state. I want their approval.

I've never been booed in my hometown.

When your hometown appreciates you, it means a lot.

To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.

No one actually knows how popular you are or how people think of you until and unless a few of the people who like your work walk up to you and let you know that you are really good. You can see the honesty in their eyes.

I really think the biggest honor, as a comic, is to get roasted by either the Friars Club or the Comedy Central or someone like that. Because it really shows, you know, that you've arrived.

I know the difference between someone coming up to you on the street and saying, 'Hey, you're that dude, right. Yes, that's what I thought,' and somebody coming up and saying, 'Big fan of the show. Big fan of that character.' And that's nice. You're out there telling stories, you're hoping to find an audience, and it's very appreciated.

I think when anyone says you look like a famous person you fiercely deny it, and then go around hoping other people will say it, too.

I think it would be super, hella cool to hop into a cab & hear my song on the radio - like, 'Yeah!' - and also be like, 'Who is this Griz guy? He's horrible.' That'd be really cool.

Knowing and being secure in yourself keeps you from being held hostage by the approval of others.

Every girl likes feeling hot and sexy and beautiful and likes hearing it.

People think bakers are dainty little housewives but they are not. They are quite controlling people who want to be told that they are loved.

I never won any award, ever, except for a Houston Press award, but other than that, I never won an award.

It doesn't matter how many people say 'well, everyone makes mistakes Ricky, you've had a great career you should be proud of yourself' but that doesn't mean much compared to what goes on between my ears.

I have to tell you, you can't have an ego when you're an actor. A lot of actors have them, but in reality most of those people are just sensitive artists dying for a hug and a compliment.

If I'm not a successful human being, who I am?

You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.

It's humbling when people sing back to you!

Some people will humiliate themselves or their families just to be on television.

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

Writing is like shouting into the world. So when someone shouts back, it's a really big deal. To have people who read hundreds and hundreds of books a year say, 'Hey, we thought this was really great,' that's a huge self-esteem boost.

Such huge money has been made in China - it can be hundreds of millions in a year - and there's a need to validate it by showing what they can buy and how much of it.