Awards Quotes

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

Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.

Hollywood's racist. Hollywood is sorority racist. It's like - we like you, Rhonda, but you're not a Kappa.

There are people who want awards because it changes the perception of the audience. But I'm not into all that.

I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!

I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it's kind of surreal to have one in your house.

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.

Hollywood -- that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

I want everybody who is watching to come to the Academy Awards with us. I'm going to pay for the bus.

The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well.

Titles or awards are not the mark of your success. They are the beginning of a life-long sadhana.

School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.

There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success.

I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.

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

No person writes to win awards.

The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually.

The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.

Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure

Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind went back over the early days.

For me to get an award from the press, I know there's been no favoritism.

I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it.

Marketing is not about your agency winning awards. It's about your organization winning business.

An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.

Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.

An award does not change the quality of a book.

I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.

You don't measure life by receiving awards.

One of the nicest things about living in America is the fact that sooner or later you are practically bound to get an award of some sort or other.

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.

I've been busy for a long, long time. I've received a ton of awards in the past few years ... I think they're really great, it's really an honor, but s**t - I really have to work for these things.

I stopped singing and they gave me an award.

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

Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

The grand prize was $10,000, then there was a people's choice award where people could vote online.

It's great to be recognized for work, and the work is great, but once you have the awards, it becomes less important. It just gives you the ability to do better work, in my opinion.

Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.

A lot of people like to live on laurels that happened 20 or 30 years ago, but it's nice to get awards. It's nice to be labeled and things like that, but I'm not sure everybody qualifies.

I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.

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.

I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.

I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.

I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.

The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.

Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.

Education must award self-confidence, the courage to depend on one's own strength.

Remember what being an adult is: It has nothing to do with money or awards.

I can tell you there are rewards that go far beyond money and public acclaim and awards.