Quotes About Validation

I'll never say a player doesn't deserve to be on the all-star team.

When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.'

I'm second, and so my brother is first. Being second, sometimes you get left out and all of that. The anecdotal stories about the firstborn, the baby, the middle - all of that is true.

I would want to start. I want to run out there in front of 20,000 people and get my name announced. I get it. I get that.

There's nothing better than getting announced you're doing a job, people slating you, then you do a job and having people go 'he's actually all right.'

It's annoying when people go, 'I didn't know you could actually sing.'

I wish I knew at 14 not to put much thought into what other people my age said to me, cause we were all looking for the answers. So I wish I knew that other people really don't know any more than you do!

Inside, I really do care what people think about me and it can make me nervous and very anxious.

Unless you sell millions, I think it's very hard as a writer not to feel anxious about what you put out. I always feel I could do better.

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. You know what you've done and what you've been through to get to where you are.

I think anytime you work on something, even if you feel really good about it, you're never really sure. Once it's in the public space, it's out of my hands.

Anytime you actually finish a film, I think it's a success. And to have that film seen and liked by audiences is the ultimate.

Anytime you come out there and you try to 'prove something,' you're trying to be more than you are.

Apparently, I said what a lot of people are thinking and a lot of people have thanked me.

As successful as it may appear I am, I don't really feel that. It's like, you know you've achieved some level of success, and you know what you've done, and yet you still feel you have more to do and more to prove.

When you're younger, you worry about so many things that you don't need to worry about, like image, appearance.

People who love the applause should have it, but I don't care for it.

I like proper jokes. I don't like people who get applause because the audience agree with them.

The reason I became an actor was applause and being the center of attention. So, short of that, Twitter is probably a good alternative.

Just seeing people appreciate what you do, come out and support it, and sing the songs back, there's not a better feeling in the world.

People love to be appreciated.

I want to be appreciated, to be loved, to feel wanted.

I do believe that for me, my own personal journey has been one in which my voice has also been appreciated.

We all want to be appreciated. Don't we?