Awards Quotes - Page 32

• I've always thought that when anyone receives an award for acting they should always thank their fellow actors, because the only way you're going to deliver your best performance is when you have other good actors on the set supporting you and being very present for you even when the camera is not on them.

  Halle Berry

  Acting, Actors, Way

  "Halle Berry Interview – Cloud Atlas – 'As a teenager, I was so driven to pursue my dreams that I made a decision to quit school at 17…'". "Viva Press" Interview, www.viva-press.com.

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• If I want to be up for an Academy Award, I'm either going to have to play a tour de force of some kind or have a tracheotomy just before the nominations.

  Burt Reynolds

  Play, Want, Nominations

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

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• If you, my fellow copywriters or art directors, want to win the award, devote your genius to making the cash register ring.

  David Ogilvy

  Art, Winning, Directors

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• It is customary for the recipient of this award to offer personal or scholarly comment on the nature and the direction of literature. At this particular time, however, I think it would be well to consider the high duties and the responsibilities of the makers of literature.

  John Steinbeck

  Responsibility, Thinking, Would Be

  William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill, John Steinbeck (1971). “William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill [and] John Steinbeck”

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• In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence, but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself.

  John Steinbeck

  Heart, Pride, Men

  John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.146, Penguin

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• Men are not given awards and promotions for bravery in intimacy.

  Gail Sheehy

  Men, Bravery, Intimacy

  Gail Sheehy (1977). “Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life”, Bantam

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• If you are a professional actor who has pride in his work, then the judgment of your peers should be important to you. I treasure each and every award I have ever received - and my Oscar is in a place of honor.

  Sophia Loren

  Pride, Honor, Important

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• There have been two [career highlights]. Waking up in New York to hear I'd been nominated for Best Actor for a Tony Award on Broadway, for An Ideal Husband. The other one was waking up the morning after the opening night of A Man For All Seasons and reading the reviews.

  Martin Shaw

  Morning, New York, Husband

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy.

  Jay Kay

  Gears, Top Gear, Grammy

  "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Mirror.co.uk Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. January 27, 2012.

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• I know a lot of actors picture themselves winning Academy Awards. I really just wanted to do a Christmas movie because it's the kind of movie that I really love to watch. I'm a sucker for the holidays.

  Leigh-Allyn Baker

  Holiday, Winning, Watches

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• When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as Most Valuable Player of the NBA is just a huge honour. I didn't really realise how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Eye, Loss, Thinking

  "Nowitzki Waxes Poetic On Life". Interview with Martin Fuenkele, www.fibaeurope.com. August 15, 2007.

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• Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers on the judging panel.

  Seamus Heaney

  Judging, Giving, Peers

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• Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.

  Rachel Bilson

  Believe, Judging, Cinema

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• It was amazing to be nominated by the Academy who saw fit for me to be nominated for best supporting actor. The Critic's choice award was wonderful. I'm on cloud nine.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Clouds, Choices, Actors

  "Exclusive: Giancarlo Esposito Talks Current Projects, More; Directing Series On Slave Abolitionist John Brown". Interview by Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. October 9, 2012.

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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 was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I'd bring some eggs.

  Bjork

  Eggs, Input, Lasts

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• Creating the Minerva Awards. I really have enjoyed that. I have to say that I moaned and groaned about this job but the way I have it now, I enjoy everything about it... I enjoy giving people service opportunities.

  Maria Shriver

  Jobs, Opportunity, Creating

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Investing in women, helping women to achieve their dreams, sending young girls to college. Trying to train young girls to be leaders. Sponsoring the Minerva Awards. All of these programs didn't exist before that help women day in and day out.

  Maria Shriver

  Girl, Dream, College

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I don't do a television show for awards. You make it so people will enjoy watching it.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  People, Television, Enjoy

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• The thing that gave me most pride about it was to see the smiles and the pride on my staff's faces, because a restaurant is a team thing, and for the whole team it's very much that touchy-feely thing that I could have helped them achieve such an award.

  Paul Rankin

  Team, Pride, Faces

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Gujarat's e-governance projects have been recognized in the country and abroad. To give a few examples- Gujarat has the largest Wide Area Network in the Asia Pacific. It is the first State to provide broadband connectivity in all schools and villages. It makes maximum use of video-conferencing including trial of the prisoners. Gujarat's ICT based Grievance Redressal System called SWAGAT has got the United Nation's Public Service Award. In addition, it has received eleven national awards for our various e-services.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, School, Giving

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• It's hard to win awards if there are no roles.

  Darnell M. Hunt

  Winning, Roles, Hard

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The British Fashion Awards are also very important because it's my hometown. But it's really a recognition of my team, and those awards give me an opportunity to thank them in a formal way. You and I have worked together enough to know that it really isn't about two people. It's a whole team. And so it's great to acknowledge that you never do anything alone.

  Christopher Bailey

  Fashion, Team, Opportunity

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It's brilliant to get recognition. The CFDA was magic because it's such a big award in our industry. There's nothing more flattering than being honored by your peers.

  Christopher Bailey

  Magic, Peers, Recognition

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When you win an award from the Grammys, it means a lot 'cause it's voted on by 100% by the people. It's not like some old guy sitting at a desk picking. It's doesn't work like that. It's voted on by your peers in the music industry.

  Paul Wall

  Mean, Winning, People

  "Interview: Paul Wall And Chamillionaire Talk Reunion Tour And Moving Beyond The Beef". Interview with Maurice Bobb, www.complex.com. March 24, 2010.

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