Donnie Wahlberg Quotes

As a sportsperson, the best thing is people recognising you and loving you for what you do. For me, glamour is 100 people in the hotel feeling happy to see you.

The thing about going back to El Paso, it's overwhelming sometimes. I look at the support that I get and the success that I've had, and I can't walk anywhere without being spotted. My hair might be the biggest crime in this situation.

To put it simply, people who are strangers to me will come up and say, 'Are you that guy from that show?' I'll be like, 'Yeah,' and they'll say, 'Oh, nice job.' And really, for the most part, it's people showing appreciation for the work you've done.

Thanks to 'Eega,' people respect me as actor. That abundance of respect is what pulls me towards cinema.

It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity.

It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.

I have just enough public appreciation to make me happy.

I don't get recognized all the time, but it tends to happen more in America, and people are so lovely when they do.

I love being recognized, I love people liking me, I love the fact that people scream when I go out. I think I'll miss all that when it's taken away.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.

I am not interested in medals or titles. I don't need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.

I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms.

The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.'

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them.

It's just, people recognize you for your work, you know? They love you for your work, and they judge you for your work. It's awesome to have people quoting you. I love it.

I love being recognized. I love talking with - can I say 'fans'?

You can't get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That's the ultimate, really.

The only thing I want is the respect of the fans of Liverpool and the fans of the national team of Uruguay.

There is no better feeling than having the approval and adulation of your fellow human beings.

I think people ragging on me is kind of a form of flattery.

I'm very happy that major players are always giving their opinions about my life, my game. I am very thankful for that.

I'm honored that people would think of me for any big role that is talked about a lot.

I get recognised quite a bit, but people are so nice. They say things like, 'Thank you for all the fun,' which is wonderful to hear.