Quotes About Acknowledgment

I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy, so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.

It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.

When I won the MacArthur, I didn't receive a different amount of money than the men did.

I've never won many awards, I didn't get certificates for swimming or anything.

America Held Hostage won 24 Emmys for ABC News, but someone forgot to include my name on the list of people responsible for the show.

It's quite strange looking down the list of players who've won the young player award in the past and then thinking I'm in there too now. There's some great names like Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy - and I can't miss out Chris Gunter - and it's a big boost to be included.

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

I fully appreciate the fact that George W. Bush won 49% of my district.

Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints.

I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.

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!

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 won my DGA Award, I couldn't have been happier. I always liked getting a gold star in class.

I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.

Can you call and thank reviewers? I always wondered that.

I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.

It's a wonderful thing to have life and to look at all this creation and say thank you. I even say it on stage.

I don't know if this is a stumbling block, but I had a real setback when I won a Nebula Award for the first story I ever had nominated for a Nebula in 1982. And you might think that was a good thing - and it was a wonderful thing, I don't regret it a bit. But I was sort of discombobulated by it.

If people are noticing the hard work I'm doing, then that's a wonderful thing.

It's a wonderful thing to be stopped by people, to be recognized, to have somebody come up and say, 'Thank you for all the wonderful memories, for everything... ' Those are compliments you can't imagine.

I'm wondering when you hit the age where people say, 'Oh, OK, he's not so young.'

I don't think I am even that popular. In fact, people must be wondering who the hell Nia Sharma is!

People would come up to me, saying, 'You sound a lot like the lead singer from Queen.' I started wondering, 'Who is this guy making me sound so unoriginal?'

It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.

I don't have contempt for Tiger Woods.