Recognition Issues Quotes

The day after the Oscars, I flew back to London to film a television play for Anglia. It was a big mistake because you never really get acknowledged for wanting to work in England, as I did.

I get recognised sometimes, and that's really cool. I've tried certain disguises, but that doesn't work.

Being in 'The Crown' and being recognised in the street is weird for me.

Actually, my career as a music director turned out to be a disappointment. I believed I gave good songs but the response and recognition from the industry was not great.

I can't go anywhere without being recognized.

When you suddenly become successful, the change is enormous, both financially and in terms of recognition and the way people treat you. I found that hard to deal with. I got very guilty about it, and I think I put up obstacles to prevent myself enjoying it.

I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.

I never know why people come up to me. I think a lot of them just get super-excited because they recognize me from TV but they don't remember where.

I'm not really an awards person. I've got a couple of gongs over my time, but I tend to be snubbed anyway for some reason.

When everybody recognises you, going out is difficult. But you deal with it.

My goal was always to be recognized as a good actor but no one was interested in that, simply because society just wants to warm towards your appearance. This is the great blemish of society.

There are only a few places that I go where people recognize me anyway. I have to be at the right place, in the right city. It's not really that much of an issue.

I don't often get recognized for my work, but I look familiar. I'm just a working-man actor. I go and audition, and you just hope the work keeps coming.

As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside and - you may say - its backside.

I go to conventions all the time. I'm not one of those actors who's public-shy, meaning I don't mind when someone comes up. It doesn't happen often in the real world because people don't recognize me because I was in makeup, but when it does, I don't usually mind it at all if somebody says something.

Sometimes the recognition gets weird.

It's less frustrating if someone recognizes me for it [ Pretty Reckless ]; it's more frustrating that I still get asked about it.