Awards Quotes · Page 17

Frank Sebastiano is a real write. He has two Emmys, one from 'SNL' and the other from 'The Chris Rock Show' .…

— Artie Lange

'Lincoln' was OK; I thought it was a rock-solid eight out of 10, but it shouldn't win all the awards.

— Evan Goldberg

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is…

— Natalie Portman

For my second and third pictures I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me,

— Luise Rainer

The Brits are ghastly. I never would accept a Brit. It would be like Laurence Olivier being happy getting a TV Times…

— Steven Morrissey

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

— Sheena Easton

I'm so honored that I got the best guitarist award for the fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods awards.

— John 5

I've been doing stand-up for 15 years and I've never even been invited to the Comedy Awards! How mental is that?

— Russell Howard

I'm an ensemble guy, I guess - that comes from the theater. If I ever won some kind of award someday, I…

— Garret Dillahunt

I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated for…

— Angie Martinez

Awards can't be what's important in your life. Because that only affects you in a sense. Life is so much more than…

— Charlyne Yi

You watch the country-music awards that they show on the television, and you see country music has reached about 1985. It's all…

— Andy Partridge

I can see my ghost trying to get that Academy Award, forever stuck in a casting office. Can you imagine? I've spent…

— Rachael Taylor

Fantasy gets a mixed reception - a lot of fantasy is formulaic but most of the award-winning fantasy on the contrary tends…

— Graham Joyce

I was a little press writer when the National Endowment for the Arts came to my rescue and gave me an award.…

— Sandra Cisneros

On 'MADtv,' I discovered I could do Billy Crystal. 'Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 68th Annual Academy Awards!' Surprisingly, there's more…

— Phil LaMarr

Everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ I didn’t really understand what they meant, and…

— Lupita Nyong'o

Yes, I direct commercials as well. I get these really weird offers and then I have to bid on them and win…

— Andy Dick

I aint gotta get a plaque, I aint gotta get awards I just walk up out the door, all the girls will…

— Nicki Minaj

If we win games, those other things - awards and all of that - will take care of themselves.

— Marcus Mariota

That's always - that's been another dream of mine, to do a Broadway play. An award winning Broadway play.

— Janet Jackson

I'd like ten more babies and ten more chihuahuas and a few Academy Awards. Meanwhile, I enjoy being a sex symbol and…

— Jayne Mansfield

I'm a guy here to play football. I'm not here for photos or newspapers or TV shows or trophies or awards. I'm…

— Randy Moss

Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards.

— Jodi Picoult

My first tweet was at the CMT Awards when I won an award and typed, 'Thank you.' Then I was hooked because…

— Brad Paisley

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

— Ernie Banks

[Preparing for award shows] gets insane. The dress, the hair, the makeup...I end up always picking the dress at the last second.

— Julie Bowen

I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.

— Rachael Taylor

A lot of people are going around saying, 'You won the Academy Award for such and such.' 'No. I didn't.' 'You didn't?'…

— Morgan Freeman

I think it's nice to win awards, but my goal is not to win the Heisman: it's to get to the Rose…

— Troy Aikman

I was very fortunate in all of my career in television to have a lot of things that received a lot of…

— John Wells

For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about what I've got to do and how I can contribute…

— Sheryl Swoopes

Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel…

— Richard Stallman

I'm really into the irony of writing vaguely radical plays that instantly win huge establishment awards. It's really amusing.

— Israel Horovitz

I'm not the most in-tune guy with what is getting nominated and winning awards in general.

— Seth Rogen

I've been lucky enough to travel the world and win awards and medals, but it was time to stop.

— Natalie du Toit

I think that this win [Grammy] in particular was a cool moment for me and the director [Emil Nava], because it was…

— Ed Sheeran

All my friends are talented enough to get nominated for awards. I just am always surprised when things and people I like…

— Seth Rogen

I had no idea 'L.A. Law' would be so mega. I knew it was a big show, but I was just one…

— Amanda Donohoe

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

— Michael Jackson