Audience Quote by Michael Haneke

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…

— Stephen Chow

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…

— Morgan Freeman

Awards are an encouragement. An award is not something we aim at while making a film.

— Vetrimaaran

You don't make movies to win awards. You make movies because you want people to see them.

— Robin Tunney

It's not awards per se that bother me; it's entirely to do with the impetus they give for marketing a film.

— John Hillcoat

I am successful if I manage to make a film that I want and if it works emotionally for the audience and if it…

— Jasmila Zbanic

When you make a film and it wins some award at a very select, very difficult festival such as Cannes, it's good for your…

— Rithy Panh

Awards and nominations really help sell films.

— Essie Davis

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

— Javier Bardem

I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that…

— Frances McDormand

“Oscar may be the world’s most glorious way of honoring your work, but the real award for a filmmaker is the contentment which you…

— Abhijit Naskar

I love awards, especially if I get them. It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business.…

— Ben Gazzara