Quotes About Validation

But you have to be told you're special first before you believe it yourself. I was first told I was special by my aunt. The second person was my scoutmaster.

I didn't even think my music was good enough to get on the radio in Australia.

I believe that my work has been well-received because it is authentic. All people really want are authenticity and truth.

People don't ask me for my autograph.

Whenever someone asks for my autograph, I still think, 'Do you really want it?'

I won the John Mackey Award, so I did something right.

I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.

It seems like I'm one of those people that has the personality where, if I win an award, I wake up the next day, and I'm like 'Oh, but I didn't win this award though, or this didn't happen.'

It's funny going to America because you're starting again. You've just won a Brit Award, but nobody will care. You have to prove yourself, but it's good to do that stuff. You might be big in Britain, but you still have to work at it everywhere else.

I am not after any award. Love and affection of the audience is the biggest award for me.

I always felt that I was never acknowledged for a lot of things - award shows, all of that.

You hope you're good enough to win a major, you think you're good enough to win a major, but not until you win one do you know that you're good enough to win a major.

A special validates you as a stand-up by documenting your material.

There was a person who thought I was OK. I wasn't a complete dope. I got some confidence out of that.

I've always been a little bit doubted, and I've tried to go out and prove people wrong.

When a film doesn't do well, people start doubting you as an actor.

There's always doubts about me, and I always want to prove people wrong, so that's what I try to do.

When you get a draft pick right, you should be given full credit.

One thing Drake is known for is putting out good, quality music. To acknowledge me and my music was all I needed to hear from anybody. Nobody could tell me anything after that.

When I went to drama school, I thought that everybody would think I was only there because my dad was on TV.

Being on the worst dressed list is better than not being on any list at all!

Who are you without your girls? I truly believe that. Who are you without the people who help you make sense of the misogyny, the racism, the economic struggle, all of it? You need those people saying you're a good mom, a great writer. You're a great dresser. You cook well. Whatever the beauty is that you need to hear.

It's very nerve-wracking dressing someone because you obviously do everything you can to get them to be interested in something you've done, and then you hear they're wearing it, and then, obviously, they're going to step out in it, and you want to know that it's all going to work and what everybody's going to say about it.

Any time that you're criticised, it drives you on, and you try to prove people wrong.