I want to be respected as an actor. There’s my ego. But I don’t have a great need to be liked by an audience.
The critics mostly review the budgets when they go to see a big-budget movie. They are out to get a big-budget movie. On the other hand, if they review a picture that is done as a graduate thesis by some college film student for $25,000, it is almost sure to be admired and respected.
I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.
I’ll never be the biggest kind of star; I’ll be like Bob Duvall, respected as an actor but a lot of people can’t identify the face. I don’t have the personality of a big star, or the looks of a Mel Gibson or a Paul Newman, or the style of a George C. Scott.
We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.
I always respected Neil Armstrong highly. He was probably the coolest under pressure of anyone I ever had the privilege of flying with. I never saw him flustered.
I didn’t set out to attack Facebook. Facebook has just been incredibly uncooperative. It hasn’t respected the role of the media and scrutiny and embraced this scrutiny and worked to improve itself.
I rose to the top real quick, and I was surrounded by Triple H, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, these guys who were very well respected in the profession, and they wanted to work with me, so I knew I was doing something right.
My grandfather was a wealthy and respected merchant in Montclair, New Jersey, where I was born. But his estate was wiped out in the Great Depression, and as a result, I had what I consider the ideal upbringing: We were a proud family, good citizens, and we didn’t have a sou.
Our officers are on the front lines – the first to show up on the scene of a crime. They should be respected; not ridiculed. They and their families protected; not put at risk.
I’m respected, I’m still working, what more could I ask?
As many will remember, a respected Army Corps economist filed a whistleblower complaint about the Corps’ use of faulty data to justify lock and dam expansion.
I feel like a celebrity is someone who sits and takes pictures with people ’cause they love themselves and how they look and how people look at them. But I just want to be regular and respected for my artistry because music doesn’t necessarily have a face.
I have respected women from the beginning of my life.
I’m really excited that the studio is trying, because when I began my career in the early ’90s, late ’80s, Disney was not something – though I respected it and liked what they were doing in those years – it’s not like I thought I wanted to be a part of that studio right now.
Aren’t we all human? Don’t we all deserve to be respected and treated equally?
I work hard every day not only to be a success on the football field and a credit to my team – but to be a good husband, father, son, grandson, teammate – to be the kind of man that is as respected as Walter Payton was.
When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy’s widow is still alive, and she respected that.
The golden age was when people were starting to understand what hip-hop was and how to use it. I was lucky to come up then. Everybody wanted to be original and have substance; it was somewhat conscious… There was an integrity that people respected.
What I’d always liked about Art Briles before is he seemed like a straight shooter, in all my time with him. I respected that.
I don’t think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.
I don’t mind being older. I’m proud of my age. I’ve achieved a lot. It’s the same thing with Mick and the Stones. They should be revered and respected. Isn’t it strange that now we’re living longer we have so much less respect for old age? Perhaps it’s a less valuable commodity?
To be respected as an actor it doesn’t help to be seen out in the clubs.
I’ve always really respected directors. As much as I was interested in acting, whenever I watched a film, it was always the directing that really stood out to me.
He was born in 1741, a descendant of the Rhode Island equivalent of royalty. The first Benedict Arnold had been one of the colony’s founders, and subsequent generations had helped to establish the Arnolds as solid and respected citizens.
This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of my mother might have influenced me in wanting to study medicine. It was not the case.
I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.
As human beings, we’re powerfully swayed by how much we feel we’re being respected. People comply with agreements if they feel they’ve been treated fairly and lash out if they don’t.
One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.
Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.
I’ve learnt and I just want to be respected for what I’ve achieved on the pitch. I know I haven’t achieved much off it but I do know I’ve given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years.
For more than two decades, Barry Diller has been among the most respected – and feared – figures in the entertainment industry.
As a founder and most senior member of the CBC, John Conyers has been an advocate for the Congressional Black Caucus and a respected leader in the House of Representatives.
I am honoured to be invited by our respected Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi to join the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.’ I dedicate myself to this movement and will invite nine other leading Indians to join me in the ‘Clean India’ campaign.
Hearing that Alicia Keys liked the song, and wanted to join us on ‘Calma’ is an honor and blessing that really transcends what I can put into words. She’s one of the most talented artists in the world, and someoneI’ve respected her for a long time.
So I always respected the guys who were trying to do it on their own without taking a handout from a big organization. They were trying to create their own thing, the DIY style, which is sort of always been my style, kind of a makeshift survival mode and really just kind of forging your own path.
I don’t think grime has ever been respected; it’s not seen as a nice sound.
Since pre-Emancipation, black ‘females’ have had to fight for the whites-only privilege of being deemed ‘ladies’: cultured, educated, sexually desirable in a socially respected way. Michelle Obama has managed to get all this without yielding her right to be smart and strong-willed.
Asian Americans are the same as African American, Hispanic Americans, anyone: we deserve to be respected, too.
I love doing the voice of Batman because of the quality of the animation. The music is particularly incredible. Another bonus is getting the opportunity to work with some very respected actors who do not usually do voice work.
We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.
If you understand the importance of developing a relationship with the director and making that director see that you’re the best technical adviser and resource in the world on your subject, you’ll be invited on set as a respected and integral part of the process.
The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.
I don’t know how ‘X Factor’ works. I was only there as a guest judge for a day. But I watched ‘The Voice’ a lot; I respected how it came across on TV, and I love the freedom we get as coaches to do what we want.
We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration. We stand with all the free peoples of the world and hope you stand with us in our quest for justice and freedom.
I kept myself in shape, and the stuff they were doing in the South, I wouldn’t go for. They wanted to whip me on TV, like they used to do with the slaves and all that. I said, ‘No. I came in as an athlete, and I’ll leave as an athlete.’ And they respected me for that.
It is up to us to push for a transformation in political culture in which the basic human dignity of migrants is unequivocally respected.
I know that if I want to be respected, I have to show respect.
I believe success is achieved by acquiring and developing talented, respected, and credible individuals, none of which applies to Skip Bayless.
Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance – suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.
Safe Schools lets young people who identify as gay know that they have every right to be accepted and respected for who they are. We should never underestimate how important this message is – or the consequences of trying to shout it down.
