Award Quotes

326 Award quotes by 296 unique authors

I'm not that ambitious chick. I'm not chasing a cover of a magazine or an award. I've just never been that girl. I've always been… — Yvette Nicole Brown
It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but… — Adrien Brody
My earlier award was also based on a close collaborative effort. — John Bardeen
Y Tu Mama Tambien' is one of the first unrated movies to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. But many video… — Alfonso Cuaron
An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have… — Alejandro Amenabar
I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too. — John Corigliano
You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award. — John Corigliano
I'm an ensemble guy, I guess - that comes from the theater. If I ever won some kind of award someday, I imagine I'd try… — Garret Dillahunt
After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store. — Dan Fogler
In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work. — Linda Fiorentino
I'm a terrible interviewer. I'm not a journalist - although I have a Peabody Award - and I'm not really a late-night host. What I… — Craig Ferguson
The awards world can be ridiculous, but I'm not one to bash it. I love awards! When I've been nominated for Emmys and when I… — Paul Feig
Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because… — Tom Jones
Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award… — Chris Klein
In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale. — Anil Kapoor
The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults. Scott O'Dell… — Scott O'Dell
If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award,… — Dana Hill
The main thing about awards in movies is that they can serve as an economic surge for the film. If you're movie gets nominated for… — Morgan Freeman
I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious. — Charlize Theron
But spirituality, it seems to me, when answering the question, "Why should I be good? Why should I care for others?" says, "Because that is… — Philip Gulley
The reason for the survival of the award system is purely commercial. — Robert Henri
The award is destined for scientists who do not fear to touch on some of the darkest aspects of being without betraying what they have… — Vaclav Havel
For me to get an award from the press, I know there's been no favoritism. — Bobby Knight
I have no wish to win an award that would be tainted, — Melky Cabrera
If there's an award for best mother-in-law in the universe, in the future, when my son gets married, I will win that award. — Laura Schlessinger

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