Award Shows Quotes

• If I don't win, the award show loses credibility.

  Kanye West

  Winning, Rapper, Awards

  "The enigma of Kanye West - and how the world's biggest pop star ended up being its most reviled, too" by Ben Westhoff, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2015.

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• The fans get to see you, and you can do great by your record if you have a great performance or a great night there. That's all part of the business. But at their core, awards shows are not really a sincere thing. For a lot of years, the artists had to pay to play their own set.

  Jay-Z

  Artist, Night, Awards

  Interview With Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 11, 2010.

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• 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

  Awards, Dresses, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.

  Billy Eichner

  Fun, Awards, Watches

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a movie there and I've never been there for working reasons. The only reason to go there is for silly awards shows.

  Stephen Daldry

  Silly, Awards, Hands

  "Stephen Daldry: 'Hollywood? I've never even been there...'". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2013.

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• I don't look for boyfriends, I don't really scour the awards shows for who I'm going to date, but I think love happens when you're not looking for it, and when it happens, I'm not going to be the one to overthink it.

  Taylor Swift

  Thinking, Awards, Looks

  "Country singer Taylor Swift takes 'Fearless' approach to stardom". Interview with Nekesa Mumbi Moody, www.metro.us. May 28, 2009.

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• On an awards-show day, I can play basketball, go in, take a shower and put on a tux - it takes me three minutes to put on a tux - and be out the door in 15 minutes.

  George Clooney

  Basketball, Awards, Doors

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• Award shows are really silly. I'm very happy for the people that win the awards, and I can say they're really silly, but I would love to get one. So I also know wasting time on that is pointless.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Silly, Winning, Awards

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• They're a redefinition of boredom... the most important thing you need to know about an awards show is where is the nearest smoking opportunity.

  Stephen Daldry

  Opportunity, Awards, Boredom

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• I think, in life, being nervous about something that's forthcoming is very helpful, whether it's an awards show or a family gathering or a job interview. If you're too calm and confident, then I think you aren't executing to the best of your ability. So I try not to let nerves get the best of me, but I welcome them because it tends to fuel me to try harder.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Jobs, Thinking, Awards

  "Neil Patrick Harris welcomes a Kanye moment at Oscars". CBS Interview, www.cbsnews.com. February 19, 2015.

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• There are all these awards that you've never heard of, and you get nominated, and suddenly you're at these awards shows, so you really don't care if you win. You really don't. You're going there, you're getting dressed up. And then you get to the awards show, and you sit down. You walk the red carpet. Everybody loves you. It's great. You sit down, and all of a sudden your category comes up, and you get nervous. And it's a complicated emotion, because it's not like you absolutely want to win, but then you don't want to lose.

  Viola Davis

  Love You, Winning, Awards

  Source: featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com

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• Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up to you and telling you how great you are.

  Amy Poehler

  Awards, People, Up To You

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I don't want anyone to get seriously hurt. But I do watch awards shows to critique the clothes while I sit around eating chips in my sweat pants and in hopes of seeing some hilarious accidental nudity.

  Eliza Coupe

  Hurt, Awards, Sweat

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The whole awards thing is great. Why? Because the Golden Globes, the Academy Awards, they put a focus on the industry, and that focus translates into people buying tickets to see movies or download films, legitimately download them. And it keeps us all at work. So I'm a big fan of award shows.

  Liam Neeson

  Awards, People, Focus

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I didn't watch the Emmys because - well, for one, I have been to awards shows, and I understand how it works. For another, sour grapes. Actually, that's probably number one.

  Kurt Fuller

  Numbers, Awards, Watches

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I first met Taylor Swift at an awards show, which is a pretty easy place to suss out who is cool. Right off the bat I was like, This is a person I want to know. Just because she's a very famous person doesn't mean she doesn't exist outside of that space. She's wonderful and special and treats me really nicely and we have a great, mature relationship. She's on a short list of people like that for me.

  Jack Antonoff

  Mean, Space, Awards

  "I'm the Only Dude in a Girl Squad". www.elle.com. June 8, 2015.

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• You have celebrities who are pushed to the brink of a public meltdown, and so the public thinks that every person in the public eye has dirty secrets that they're keeping, or isn't what they seem, or is masking it and faking sincerity, faking authenticity, faking being surprised at award shows when you win a Grammy.

  Taylor Swift

  Dirty, Eye, Thinking

  "Why Taylor Swift Welcomed You to New York". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. October 20, 2014.

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• One of the most memorable live performances of my career took place on the 2002 American Music Awards show when I had to the opportunity to sing with Elton John. I was moved by the way he played the piano onstage.

  Tim McGraw

  Memorable, Opportunity, Careers

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• I do not know why anyone would host an awards show. No matter how unbelievably well you do at it, the only thing that can happen is you get asked again to host an awards show.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Awards, Matter, Host

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• [Preparing for award shows] gets insane. The dress, the hair, the makeup...I end up always picking the dress at the last second.

  Julie Bowen

  Makeup, Awards, Hair

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• Comedy Central made their own awards show. They were named best comedy channel.

  Andy Kindler

  Awards, Comedy, Made

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• A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches are very personal moments that play themselves out in front of billions of people.

  Tom Hanks

  Thinking, Play, Awards

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• I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

  Luke Bryan

  Kids, Thinking, Awards

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• I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Awards, White, House

  Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 22, 2011.

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• I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently.

  Nia Long

  Writing, Night, Awards

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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