Richard Russo Quotes

An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.

I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

I love my role in 'Deshamuduru' but I did not get any award.

Winning the Ballon d'Or is the consequence of your work.

Obviously, I'm honoured to be mentioned as a candidate to win the Ballon d'Or, but the only way I can influence it is to just focus on playing well.

I'd like to win Rookie of the Year.

The Ballon d'Or? It's up to the journalists to vote. I do not go to bed every night thinking about it. I just try to do my best and score as many goals as possible.

I want to be the Defensive Player of the Year and, if I have the chance, be MVP.

I am very proud. It is always fun to win such a prize, to be chosen as Swedens best player a certain year.

I do feel very honored to get all this attention. Basically, what I need to do is to go out there and perform. That's what I'm intending to do.

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

The room is full of such talent. It's a beautiful thing about the SAG Awards. It's the most rewarding room to be in as an actor.

The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.

I've never won an award for anything, and I think it's weird. I mean, that's really cool but it's strange to think you could get an award for acting. I always thought that was strange.

I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.

For your friends and family, you are always a champion, but for the media and sponsors, not until you show a spark. Making a champ is more important than celebrating one. I want to be there for youngsters and help them do their best.

Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.

You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?

You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it.

For our teams that do great work, we have a tradition of giving Rolex watches. If you see all the key guys with their Rolexes, that's sort of our Medal of Honor if you do something big.

I live or die by how well I act.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.

If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.