John Lloyd Quotes

I have a folder where I keep all the articles the critics have written about me. It makes me feel good.

I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove.

I'd grown accustomed to seeing myself as someone who, if fallible and unworthy, had nevertheless managed to do one thing well enough to get recognition for it.

Awards bolster your confidence in wonderful ways. But they aren't the world.

When I first got two stars, I didn't think I deserved it. Now I have three I think I am worthy.

I' ve won awards. And they didn't make me feel bad winning them. They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.

I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.

If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something.

If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'

I'm proud of everything I've done.

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.

I want to do something that people can really say, 'Hey, man, that was good, I'm proud of you, I'm proud of that.' 'Pride' and 'Transformers' and things like that.

I don't have anything else to prove.

It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them?

Success isn't measured by the amount of people that watch you unless you allow it to be.

Winning the Gloves made me believe I was somebody.

I think when you're doing good work, you don't necessarily need to be validated.

People say to me, 'You're a genius; you're great.' I don't know if I'll ever feel that way about myself. Some things, I feel like, are better left for other people to say, and I'm just not into, like, tooting my own horn or bragging or anything.

My whole life, I've been trying to make people proud.

When people say good things about me, judge me based on my behaviour and work, that makes me happier than a film's success would.

I have an ego like everyone else. I want to be recognized as a good ballplayer.

In my mind, I always felt like I was worthy. I really felt like, with my career and just the way I did it, it was Hall of Fame-worthy.

Don't let awards get the best of you.

The Emmy nomination did a world of good for my confidence.