Mario Gotze Quotes

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?

I'm constantly humbled.

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?'

I do have an ego, but I acknowledge the help I get.

… his [Charles Evans Hughes’] greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man. I think it was one of the strongest things about [Theodore] Roosevelt. He never tried to minimize what other people did and often exaggerated it..

It's always nice to hear nice things, but I don't suddenly go out and think I'm the best thing since sliced bread.

It is true that I receive a lot of praise and that is flattering. But I try not to let it affect me.

The more comfortable you become at accepting recognition, the more comfortable you will be with giving it.

I don't sense that I am someone's hero, though I'm happy when people like my work. I've learned how to be gracious about it, but I try to let it go by. I've seen how, if people start taking on those accolades, it can ruin them completely.

I have a healthy amount of humility.

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.

I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

You don't want to be too proud, to get carried away, but if people give you praise, you don't want to throw it back.

I think people should recognise that I'm one of the best defenders in the world and not just talk nonsense, I will say.

I don't look for praise.

It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.

I also quite like to be recognized by children; I find it sweet.

Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.

I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does.

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me.

I wake up every day and look at my own ugly mug in the mirror and don't think twice about it. The fact that other people might want to look at me still feels funny. It's flattering, but funny.