Quotes About Validation

I'm always checking other people's opinions.

When I was making my way to the ring and when I fight, to see people cheering for me, it makes me feel that I'm somebody special.

Honestly, I don't really care what people say on Twitter or what they say if they are cheering for me or not cheering for me.

I would love to make my entire career as the guy who did not get cheered. Of course, I'm still going to get cheered by people who think they're smart, and that's fine - they're acknowledging how good I am at my job - but I don't want cheers; I want the boos. I love it.

In a team like Chelsea with many top players you have to prove yourself again and again.

If you're trying to prove something, you've got a weight on your chest. There's no room for error.

With 'Chicago Hope,' I'm seeing if anyone will like me again.

In 2011, I had a big chip on my shoulder, and I felt like I had a lot to prove every time I went out there. It led to good performances, but sometimes backstage, I could be - not to the talent, but just in general - I could be angry.

When I was asked to play the lead character Mohini in Avunu' I asked Ravi Babu why he chose me. He said he wanted someone who can act well. I felt nice.

I am always surprised to be chosen by a director for a role because I never understand why they like me.

I personally am not very interested in awards or the awards circuit.

It's a lovely thing to have people in any circumstance appreciate your work.

It's so hard coming out of drama school to claim your right to be taken seriously and even get auditions.

Hearing that you fit into someone's idea of a superhero is a huge confidence builder.

I would just like a woman someday, somewhere, at some point in my life to say to me, 'You're a great listener.' Haven't heard it yet, and that's a superior compliment to get from a woman. But I'm going to work on it.

I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.

I get carded for soda, you know, when I go to the supermarket. I mean, they card me for everything. You know, I can't even get through a hand of black jack without getting carded, like, five times.

The gratifying part of my journey is no one calls me a star child or a superstar's wife anymore. I think I have grown beyond that and have my own identity.

On the road, I have all these celebrity superstars tell me how great I am and how much they like my style.

If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.

It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.

I support the truth, that is all there is to it. And if you fall in that category of the truth, you are supported by the truth.

Ancelotti is like a father to me. He's always been close to me and supported me. He's won it all and I still have a lot to prove.