Awards do not pay the mortgage.

Professionally speaking, the proudest moment was when I booked the 'Human Stain.' I knew it had Nicole Kidman, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris and Gary…

— Wentworth Miller

I love my role in 'Deshamuduru' but I did not get any award.

— Ali

I am both humbled and honored to receive the Honda Sports Award for women's basketball.

— Brittney Griner

Some of my contemporaries don't want to talk about the female problem because they feel like whenever they get a teaching position or an…

— Du Yun

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

— Iain Banks

Any award the NBA gives you, whether it's on the court or off the court, it's definitely an honor.

— Tristan Thompson

I look to a time when brotherhood needs no publicity; to a time when a brotherhood award would be as ridiculous as an award…

— Daniel D. Mich

I am not after any award. Love and affection of the audience is the biggest award for me.

— Mukesh Tiwari

I don't like the energy at award shows. It's rehearsed and everybody is just focused on themselves and nobody wants to genuinely applaud for…

— Vaani Kapoor

You don't want to make awards the reason you're doing things.

— Nick Nolte

Winning or not winning an award doesn't affect me. I just like to do my work in the best possible manner.

— KK

I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.

— Jimmy Smits

I never thought I would get a National Award. For me, it was huge, and I got complacent.

— Dimple Kapadia

You don't do a play to compete for an award. This was the argument I always had over the Oscars. I didn't win them.…

— Glenda Jackson

I was on MTV's 'Real World' at the time when 'Queer Eye' came out. I remember, the first time I won an award, I…

— Karamo Brown