Quotes About Awards

Makeup contracts are the Oscars of the modeling world.

Even if the Tonys aren't as glitzy as the Oscars, being a part of the ceremony is no less exciting.

I do the Golden Globes because they say I can say what I want. I wouldn't have that at the Oscars.

I watch the Cannes awards ceremony because I relate more to the films that are competing in Cannes than the ones competing for the Oscars.

I really don't think about the Oscars.

I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.

Generally with the Oscars or the Emmys there isn't much you can do until the nominations are announced. Then you know what kind of year you're dealing with - what's been overlooked, what the issues are.

68 Gold Medallion awards for its books, more than any other publisher.

The recognition definitely helps and goes a long way for helping me to reaffirm my decision to purse art fulltime. Getting awards and nominations encourages me to keep trying even harder.

The quest for the next key art awards begins with tomorrow's hangover

Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.

Since I've written quite a number of songs for my plays, I would like to be nominated for a Grammy

I don't like the idea of awards for artistic things. They're not created for the purpose of competition; they're made to fulfill an artistic itch and hopefully entertain. I'm not interested in any group's pronunciamento as to which film is the best film of the year, or the best book, or the Most Valuable Player.

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

These are some of my awards - an Ivor Novello, a Variety Club Silver Heart, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I also have a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and a street named after me in Brooklyn where I used to live.

It's easy to hurl abuse at those awards ceremonies like the Oscars and all that, which we tend to do. We tend to vent our anger at things which we feel are unjust or undeserving. But when you're the recipient, it makes it a lot different.

It may sound strange to say it of someone so famous, but I think Leonardo DiCaprio is underrated, particularly from an awards perspective. He is a very versatile actor. He started very young, and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' is one of my favourite films.

the Nero Award, and he is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Readers Award for Best Short Story of the Year and a winner of the British Thumping Good Read Award.

The fact that there are awards and exhibitions and some people know who I am is just all gravy. I'm lucky to just work in an industry where I get to play so much.

Arguably, my student status and perhaps my gender were also my downfall with respect to the Nobel Prize, which was awarded to Professor Antony Hewish and Professor Martin Ryle. At the time, science was still perceived as being carried out by distinguished men.

I was presenting the Baftas live on BBC1, and as I skipped down the steps on to the stage at the start, I felt my heel clip the edge of the last step. Fortunately there was just a stumble, but one centimetre more and that could have been the most dramatic entrance of any awards host.

I got style icon awards; I was given the 'HT' Most Stylish award. That happened, like, on the second day I was out of the 'Bigg Boss' house.

It's always weird when it comes to awards and awards season because how can you say that this performance is better than this performance? Art is so subjective.

Your big movie stars who've been in blockbusters generating a lot of dollars are looking for the meatier, substantive roles that they think will make the awards season.