Bill Irwin Quotes

An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn't think I deserved it.

My awards are lovely. I love to show them off.

An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'

I am always a little surprised when anyone sees anything I make, so being nominated for the Oscar is beyond amazing - what a tremendous honor.

Having your work honored nationally is a great morale booster.

Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates opportunities.

I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot.

I think anytime you get nominated for an award, it's a very humbling thing.

The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.

Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It's just unbelievable.

When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!

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.

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

It was very cool to be honored and be acknowledged in that way for the first time ever, being nominated for an Emmy.

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.

It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.

I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.

Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.

I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things.

As a director, you're incredibly proud when an individual steps up to the podium and is acknowledged for their work. But to have an entire company acknowledged, there is just no higher honor ever paid for that company - or for the director, for that matter.

I am thrilled to be dame. It's one of those - the fact that you have been honored by your country is what it's all about, and it just feels good right there.

People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.