Awards Quotes

One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones.
Waylon Jennings

Money, Control, Wanted

Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business. If they don't see it, I can think they're wrong, but I'm not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film.
Edward Norton

Good, Business, Movies

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.
Alicia Keys

Long, After, Last

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true.
Joyce Carol Oates

True, Strange, Might

So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that.
Charlize Theron

Work, Winning, Control

Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn't, it's still been a blast.
Tom Cruise

Wonderful, Times, Happens

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.
Lionel Messi

Good, Best, Hope

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same.
Javier Bardem

Time, Great, Movies

Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is worse than others and that's not fair. How can you tell what's best and what's worst from these awards? We're talking about art.
Javier Bardem

Work, Best, Art

I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans.
Bobby Darin

Mean, Beans, Roomful

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

Success, Writers, Literary

It's the only time that I'm ever nervous on stage, is when we're doing live TV. Especially an awards show, because I know you can't fix it.
Jason Aldean

Time, Live, Show

Listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 is the most miserable thing any human being can do, but attending awards ceremonies isn't far behind.
Arthur Smith

Human, Far, Miserable

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.
Arthur Smith

Worth, Since, Won

I've gotten tons of awards and I believe when it's my time to get a Grammy, I'll get a Grammy.
Nicki Minaj

Time, Gotten, Grammy

Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.
Portia de Rossi

Everyone, Shows, Dress

Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film.
Michael Haneke

Good, Money, Important

The reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes.
Paul Feig

Win, Put, Around

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.
Paul Feig

Love, Getting, Star

Most of an award-show host's job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether it's the Oscars or the Hallmark Channel's 'Hero Dog Awards.'
Rob Sheffield

Cool, Job, Hero

I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.
Karl Pilkington

Time, Best, Win

It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.
Dan Stevens

Time, Nice, Happen

I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person shouldn't be part of why we're doing this job. It should be about entertaining people.
Anna Paquin

Work, Job, Person

I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles.
Julie Walters

Business, Titles

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
Jesse Owens

Friends, Become, Dust

My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love.
Cat Deeley

Love, Confidence, Friend

The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.'
Guy Pearce

Good, Reality, Win

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.
Kevin Smith

Win, Wanted, Film

I'm not the most in-tune guy with what is getting nominated and winning awards in general.
Seth Rogen

Winning, Getting, Guy

It's sort of a meat market, the whole awards thing, and I don't think you can predict it anymore - who's going to like what you've done, if it's worthy or not. And hopefully, that's not why you make a film, because if you're distracted by that, or only striving for that, you don't do it justice.
Emily Blunt

Justice, Done, Why

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