Alice McDermott Quotes

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.

I'm sorely disappointed that girls don't recognise me in a normal tee and jeans.

I didn't get upset because I wasn't nominated, but I was a little surprised.

I am never honored. My career is hilarious to me. I am either under the radar or over the radar.

Back home, no one looks at me as a star. At least I know my mother doesn't.

I'm always going to be overlooked. That's just how it is. That's how the league is.

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.

Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.

Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful.

No one gave a crap that I was the kid from 'Free Willy'. You're not in some wispy fantasyland where everyone's telling you 'yes' all the time, which happens a lot to actors.

I tried. But not everybody thought so.

No one ever recognizes me.

Obscurity is just obscurity. There's no romance in obscurity.

I never get recognised.

The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.

People who feel under-appreciated sometimes make desperate moves.

I was never in the top category of anything. I was never on people's lists. I was never the potential anything!

You watch award shows, and not only are you not nominated, but you're not a presenter and haven't been invited to any of the parties.

I've always been the Rodney Dangerfield of this game. Maybe it was meant to be that way, but that always drove me.

No one remembers the runner-up!

Hosting is a thankless job.

I'd rather be someone that's underrated than overrated.

If no one hears you, and no one listens to you, it doesn't matter how good you are because no one cares about you.