Katherine Dunham Quotes

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.

I don't think I really have the respect that I think I deserve.

A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.

When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, 'Sexiest Man Alive,' I'm honestly going, 'Thank you. Right on.' For me, it's never canceled out anything, it's never made me go, 'Does this make me less talented of an actor?'

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

People are going to give me the respect I deserve.

When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played.

For people to come to you and say, 'Would you like to be a part of our show?' after years of 'Please tell me I'm good enough,'... I can't tell you how wonderful it feels.

To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.

I love it when a guy compliments my vibe.

It feels good to have your work respected again.

I am able to really enjoy the positive attention I receive.

No two people take on the information of being admirable and being admired in the same way.

It's sort of fun. If someone's eyeballing you, it makes you feel good.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.

I'm not a star. I don't feel I'm so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you've got my signature on a piece of paper?

It is important to gain respect rather than sympathy.

Having the respect of your peers means the world to me.

I like to be respected as an actor.

The first time I got called 'Miss' that felt amazing.