Quotes About Validation

Rankings don't mean much to me because they can change after one fight. I just hope that I've at least gotten respect. A respect ranking is all I want.

When people stop me in the street, and I can see they want to tell me more than they want the selfie, they want to tell me what it means to them, and that means a lot to me.

The ego does not want to be wrong, ever.

No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.

I also sort of find the idea that not only do actors want to please when they're onstage, I find actors really want to please off stage a lot of the time, don't they?

Most people wish to be consoled, confirmed. They want their prejudices reinforced and their structured belief systems validated. After all, it hurts to think, and it's absolute agony to think twice.

I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want.

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill.

I always wonder if what I'm wearing will be something that people would compliment, or want to wear. I don't ever get ready just for myself, ever.

If someone picks up one thing you've written, you want them to go, 'Wow, this is pretty good.'

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.

People who want to act rich when they're upper-middle class. They try too hard.

If we're really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what's causing us to do what we do.

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening.

People want to be liked by other people so they adopt other people's standards, but for me, my standard had always been true.

People don't want novelty - they want the reassurance of familiarity. No-one wants to be challenged, no-one wants to have their minds blown. There is an insatiable appetite for affirmation.

At our core, we just want to know that we matter.

You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older.

I think people just probably don't want people to think that they're vain.

It would be nice to not have to prove myself, and for people to know that I'm good and can play a role. Whatever role that is that lets people know that I can play the next role is what I want to do.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

I won't be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn't mean I want them to stop looking.

And you look beautiful without it, but I want you to feel just as beautiful as I see you.