Don't give up or give in in the face of patronising ridicule, amused disdain, or being ignored.

I hate being ignored.

Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored.

There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged.

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.