Awards Quotes

No person writes to win awards.

I have two Golden Boot awards at home. It would be nice to win another, but I wouldn't mind it if I didn't.

I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.

I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job.

Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints.

Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.

To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all nations, a realization of their common interests. They carry to those who have no direct contact with science the international spirit.

The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well.

Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn't, it's still been a blast.

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.

I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

What happens on 'Mad Men' in terms of the acting and the writing and the directing, it's superior. And yes, it has tremendous cache and buzz because it's become iconic, but it also deserves all the kudos and the awards as well, because it's a beautiful show to look at.

A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.

I'm not trying to win individual awards.

It's not just about filming, you go to awards and interviews too. I enjoy all of it, even learning my lines!

Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.

Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person shouldn't be part of why we're doing this job. It should be about entertaining people.

My kids can't eat awards.

Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.

My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love.

I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently.

It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.

Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good response from the audience. No matter how many awards you win, if you can't earn any profit from your movie, if the audience doesn't like it, then it doesn't matter how many awards you get.

The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.

I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career.