Award Quotes
Word Lists
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Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.
Billy Wilder
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
Alfred Hitchcock
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I`m not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this baby! - Referring to the so called "Seinfeld curse," in which little or no success has come since the show to the four main actors, upon accepting her Emmy award for "The New Adventures of Old...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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[on Alfie (1966)] To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example. The third thing, for a British actor, is to do it in America. The fourth is to get nominated for an award. That pic...
Michael Caine
Keywords: 1966 :: actor :: al :: alfie :: america :: an :: and :: award :: be :: british :: carry :: did :: do :: example :: for :: fourth :: get :: have :: in :: is :: it :: movie :: nominated :: on :: picture :: play :: role :: star :: supreme :: that :: the :: thing :: third :: title :: to :: where :: youSource: imdb.com
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Thank you. I`ve never won anything in my life. - on winning her 2000 Golden Globe Award for "Sex and the City" (1998)
Sarah Parker
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I`m shot into the stratosphere. You can`t pasteurize the Academy Award. You can`t negotiate it. It is the top. It is the biggest thing ever. I`ve been hopping around and screaming all morning." [about her Oscar nomination]
Felicity Huffman
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[on winning the Best Actor Academy Award for Vita è bella, La (1997) after already accepting the Best Foreign Language Film award as its director] "Thank you. This is a terrible mistake, because I used up all my English!"
Roberto Benigni
Keywords: 1997 :: academy :: accepting :: actor :: after :: all :: already :: as :: award :: because :: bella :: best :: director :: english :: film :: for :: foreign :: is :: its :: la :: language :: mistake :: my :: on :: terrible :: thank :: the :: this :: up :: used :: vita :: winning :: youSource: imdb.com
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[on winning the Best Actor Academy Award for Vita è bella, La (1997) after already accepting the Best Foreign Language Film award as its director] "Thank you. This is a terrible mistake, because I used up all my English!"
Roberto Benigni
Keywords: 1997 :: academy :: accepting :: actor :: after :: all :: already :: as :: award :: because :: bella :: best :: director :: english :: film :: for :: foreign :: is :: its :: la :: language :: mistake :: my :: on :: terrible :: thank :: the :: this :: up :: used :: vita :: winning :: youSource: imdb.com
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[on winning awards, after he won the British Academy award] "It`s just an award although it is a big one. It is no good getting too big-headed. I`ve been very busy and I`m very tired. I`ve been given advice, you know on speech-making and things like that....
Jamie Bell
Keywords: academy :: advice :: after :: although :: an :: and :: award :: awards :: been :: big :: british :: busy :: getting :: given :: good :: he :: headed :: is :: it :: just :: kin :: know :: like :: making :: no :: on :: one :: speech :: that :: the :: things :: tired :: too :: ve :: very :: winning :: won :: youSource: imdb.com
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[on winning awards, after he won the British Academy award] "It`s just an award although it is a big one. It is no good getting too big-headed. I`ve been very busy and I`m very tired. I`ve been given advice, you know on speech-making and things like that....
Jamie Bell
Keywords: academy :: advice :: after :: although :: an :: and :: award :: awards :: been :: big :: british :: busy :: getting :: given :: good :: he :: headed :: is :: it :: just :: kin :: know :: like :: making :: no :: on :: one :: speech :: that :: the :: things :: tired :: too :: ve :: very :: winning :: won :: youSource: imdb.com
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[when asked about happiness]: I am happy. I was just talking to a very savvy casting director, who`s been around for a long time, who said, "I`m so happy for you!" and I knew he was. I said, I wish this would never end. I wish there was never an award, a ...
Burt Reynolds
Keywords: about :: am :: an :: and :: around :: asked :: award :: been :: casting :: director :: end :: for :: happiness :: happy :: he :: just :: knew :: long :: never :: party :: rush :: said :: savvy :: so :: talking :: there :: this :: time :: to :: very :: was :: when :: who :: wish :: would :: youSource: imdb.com
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[Upon receiving his Academy Award for Ordinary People (1980)]: This is for my dad. I wish he were here to see it.
Timothy Hutton
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[on winning the Oscar despite low pre-award expectations] "Vegas had me at 12-to-1 odds. I sure do wish I had bet on myself and made a little money."
Marcia Gay Harden
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[Presenting the Lifetime of Achievement Award to director Sidney Lumet at the 2005 Academy Awards] As an old village poet put it to me in the 1960s. [If you dig it, it`s yours]. I dug Sidney Lumet back then. I dig him now because what he had to give, I to...
Al Pacino
Keywords: 1960s :: 2005 :: academy :: achievement :: an :: and :: as :: at :: award :: awards :: back :: because :: dig :: director :: dug :: give :: had :: he :: him :: if :: in :: it :: lifetime :: lumet :: ma :: me :: now :: of :: old :: poet :: presenting :: put :: sidney :: the :: then :: to :: took :: village :: what :: you :: yoursSource: imdb.com
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I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I`m actually awake. The Oscars are so big -- they`re huge ... I`m totally humbled and ecstatic. No words are enough to explain ... it`s like, wow. It`s absolutely incredible. - after finding out about her Academy...
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Keywords: about :: absolutely :: academy :: actually :: after :: and :: are :: awake :: award :: big :: ecstatic :: enough :: explain :: finding :: having :: her :: huge :: humbled :: incredible :: it :: keep :: like :: make :: myself :: no :: nomination :: oscars :: out :: pinch :: re :: so :: sure :: the :: they :: to :: totally :: words :: wowSource: imdb.com
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Half of this award should go to my wigs 1996 BAFTA Awards talking about her wigs in the BBC`s acclaimed mini-series "Pride and Prejudice" (1995) (mini).
Jennifer Ehle
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On his film Freddy Got Fingered (2001) being nominated for 8 Razzie Awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actor of 2001 (as quoted in The San Diego Union, 2/15/02): "I am very proud and honored to be nominated for these awards. I`ve never won an award ...
Tom Green
Keywords: 02 :: 15 :: 2001 :: actor :: am :: an :: and :: as :: award :: awards :: be :: before :: being :: diego :: film :: fingered :: for :: freddy :: got :: his :: honored :: in :: including :: never :: nominated :: of :: on :: picture :: proud :: quoted :: razzie :: san :: the :: these :: to :: union :: ve :: very :: won :: worstSource: imdb.com
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[On her Rachel, Rachel (1968) director and husband Paul Newman being snubbed in the Best Director category by the Academy Awards in 1969] "How do you figure it? He even won the New York Film Critics award that year for it, but didn`t get in as one of the ...
Joanne Woodward
Keywords: 1968 :: 1969 :: academy :: and :: as :: award :: awards :: being :: best :: but :: by :: category :: critics :: didn :: director :: do :: even :: figure :: film :: five :: for :: get :: he :: her :: how :: husband :: in :: it :: new :: newman :: of :: on :: one :: osc :: paul :: rachel :: snubbed :: that :: the :: won :: year :: york :: youSource: imdb.com
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By the time I`d done Bloody Sunday I felt I reached the end of a chapter. I could feel it. I wanted to try something new, something different. Then, to my amazement, Bloody Sunday won lots of theatrical prizes, the audience award at Sundance, and then, to...
Paul Greengrass
Keywords: amazement :: and :: at :: audience :: award :: bloody :: by :: chapter :: could :: different :: done :: end :: even :: feel :: felt :: it :: lots :: my :: new :: of :: prizes :: reached :: something :: sundance :: sunday :: the :: theatrical :: then :: time :: to :: try :: wanted :: wonSource: imdb.com
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[on winning the Academy Award for The Hours (2002)] And I am standing in front of my mother, and my whole life I have wanted to make my mother proud. And now I`m going to make my daughter proud.
Nicole Kidman
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Once you`ve been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you. What was really nice about the OBE is that it`s the first award where I didn`t have to make a speech and I didn`t have to sit there waiting to see if I`d won - I knew I was ...
Robbie Coltrane
Keywords: about :: and :: anything :: award :: been :: didn :: doing :: first :: five :: for :: goi :: have :: if :: is :: it :: knew :: make :: nice :: notice :: obe :: once :: people :: really :: see :: sit :: speech :: start :: that :: the :: there :: to :: twenty :: ve :: waiting :: was :: what :: where :: won :: years :: youSource: imdb.com
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I feel that artistic directors are very serious about their work, they have more experience, and their expectations will be very high. About receiving an award, I don`t dare to have extravagant hopes. I am an actress that has never received an award befor...
Vicki Zhao
Keywords: about :: actress :: am :: an :: and :: are :: artistic :: award :: be :: before :: dare :: directors :: don :: expectations :: experience :: extravagant :: feel :: has :: have :: he :: high :: hopes :: more :: never :: received :: receiving :: serious :: that :: their :: they :: to :: very :: will :: workSource: imdb.com
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I feel that artistic directors are very serious about their work, they have more experience, and their expectations will be very high. About receiving an award, I don`t dare to have extravagant hopes. I am an actress that has never received an award befor...
Vicki Zhao
Keywords: about :: actress :: am :: an :: and :: are :: artistic :: award :: be :: before :: dare :: directors :: don :: expectations :: experience :: extravagant :: feel :: has :: have :: he :: high :: hopes :: more :: never :: received :: receiving :: serious :: that :: their :: they :: to :: very :: will :: workSource: imdb.com
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Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you. We`ve come a long way and I feel like I`...
Mariah Carey
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I salute the National Book Foundation Board, who took a huge risk in giving this award to a man many people see as a rich hack. (from his acceptance speech for the National Book Foundation`s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, 2003)
Stephen King
Keywords: 2003 :: acceptance :: american :: as :: award :: board :: book :: contribution :: distinguished :: for :: foundation :: from :: giving :: hack :: his :: huge :: in :: letters :: man :: many :: medal :: national :: people :: rich :: risk :: salute :: see :: speech :: the :: this :: to :: took :: whoSource: imdb.com
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After winning best actress award at Cannes: "I knew when I said yes that this would be not only my first role but also my last one. I`m very happy that it`s to be this one." Asked whether she might one day reconsider, she said: "I have to do records now. ...
Bjork Guomundsdottir
Keywords: actress :: after :: also :: asked :: at :: award :: be :: best :: but :: cannes :: day :: do :: first :: ha :: happy :: have :: it :: knew :: last :: might :: my :: not :: now :: one :: only :: reconsider :: records :: role :: said :: she :: that :: this :: to :: very :: when :: whether :: winning :: would :: yesSource: imdb.com
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While accepting his Director of the Year award for Sideways (2004) at the Palm Spring Film Festival: "I thank you for this award, though I think there may be a problem with a world in which making small, human and humorous films is `an achievement.` It sh...
Alexander Payne
Keywords: 2004 :: accepting :: achievement :: an :: and :: at :: award :: be :: director :: festival :: film :: films :: for :: his :: human :: humorous :: in :: is :: it :: making :: may :: of :: palm :: problem :: should :: sideways :: small :: spring :: thank :: the :: there :: think :: this :: though :: which :: while :: with :: world :: year :: youSource: imdb.com
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While accepting his Director of the Year award for Sideways (2004) at the Palm Spring Film Festival: "I thank you for this award, though I think there may be a problem with a world in which making small, human and humorous films is `an achievement.` It sh...
Alexander Payne
Keywords: 2004 :: accepting :: achievement :: an :: and :: at :: award :: be :: director :: festival :: film :: films :: for :: his :: human :: humorous :: in :: is :: it :: making :: may :: of :: palm :: problem :: should :: sideways :: small :: spring :: thank :: the :: there :: think :: this :: though :: which :: while :: with :: world :: year :: youSource: imdb.com
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Why would you get up there and bore people? I never have figured that out. These people are supposedly in the entertainment industry, and they finally get up there to that podium and they become the most boring people in the world. [on award acceptance sp...
Bill Murray
Keywords: acceptance :: and :: are :: award :: become :: bore :: boring :: entertainment :: figured :: finally :: get :: have :: in :: industry :: most :: never :: on :: out :: people :: podium :: speeche :: supposedly :: that :: the :: there :: these :: they :: to :: up :: why :: world :: would :: youSource: imdb.com
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[upon receiving a particularly unremarkable award] When I first found out that I was going to win this award, I tried really hard - to care. And then I realized; we are all here tonight, because of a common love: me.
Steve Martin
Keywords: all :: and :: are :: award :: because :: care :: common :: first :: found :: going :: hard :: here :: love :: me :: of :: out :: particularly :: realized :: really :: receiving :: that :: then :: this :: to :: tonight :: tried :: unremarkable :: upon :: was :: we :: when :: winSource: imdb.com
