Quotes About Acknowledgment

Whenever I visit abroad, people recognise me - it feels great.

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

The big problems are where people don't realise they have one in the first place.

Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.

If the bus driver is black, I thank him... when I get off at my spot, whereas I would never think of doing this if the driver were white.

It's funny because as much as I've done Dr. Freeman, I guess because I shave right afterwards, people don't recognize me necessarily as Dr. Freeman, whereas a small role like 'Garden State' or 'Get Him to the Greek', which is the funniest one to me, they're like, 'Hey, you're that dude!' and you're like, 'Oh my God!' Which is awesome.

Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.

I don't think of myself as a kind of celebrity, but wherever I go, people know me; they greet me.

Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it.

I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I'm cool with the praise. I'm good.

I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

It's very irresponsible to deny the reality of a problem to see whether it might stop existing.

I want my flowers while I'm alive.

One time, I was literally stopped on the street, literally and physically whipped around by this guy who looked at my face and was like, 'Are you Felix?' I looked very different then. I was like, 'Yah... Oh, yah!' I was stunned and slightly frightened.

When the whole 'Saw' thing died down, I feel like I had praise withdrawals. I had never been congratulated so much on something in my life. So, it was a really amazing whirlwind when 'Saw' came out.

After I'd been on Friends, people would whisper as I went past. I no longer had proper dialogues with people.

I want everyone to whistle when I come on screen. However, even if that doesn't happen, I hope people like my work.

White artists have made millions of dollars off music they stole from black artists. I don't blame all the white artists. I'm a huge Stevie Ray Vaughn fan, and he was always very gracious about where he learned his music. But a lot of the time, you'd think the white guys thought it up. Hey, hasn't anyone heard of Muddy Waters?

I can consider not only great art, but the context in which that art has been created. I can consider the people who paid a price for that art to be created and whether or not I want to appreciate that art on their backs.

If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in print, either.

I used to be so excited when I saw my name in print.

My dad came to Korea one time, and then he pulls out a whole bunch of my headshot prints. He's like, 'Amber, you need to sign all of this for me because all of my friends want these.' I guess that's when I kind of realized I was 'famous.'