Awards Quotes - Page 4

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.

The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast I can't remember what I said or what happened.

Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.

There are people who want awards because it changes the perception of the audience. But I'm not into all that.

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

It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.

There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the same sort that perpetuates the idea that drama is more deserving of Awards than comedy.

I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it's kind of surreal to have one in your house.

I want everybody who is watching to come to the Academy Awards with us. I'm going to pay for the bus.

Hollywood -- that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.

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.

No person writes to win awards.

A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.

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

Hollywood's racist. Hollywood is sorority racist. It's like - we like you, Rhonda, but you're not a Kappa.

The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well.

I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!

School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.

The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment.

The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually.

There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success.

I get an award for being the best dressed, but at the end of the day I'm not Daphne Guinness. I don't like people to look at me for my dress. The letter is more important than the envelope. But if you feel good in your envelope, then you will feel better about yourself.

The whole concept of awards is silly. I cannot abide by the judgment of other people, because if you accept it when they say you deserve an award, then you have to accept it when they say you don't.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure