Morgan Freeman Quotes

I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.

Of course awards matter.

I don't really care about awards.

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.

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.

I think the guys that get to the All-Star Game deserve a lot of credit. They deserve their opportunity to get out there and let the baseball fandom see them.

I've trained myself not to put too much emphasis on awards, only because I never got into acting to win an award.

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's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.

Unfortunately, in the Hollywood way, respect comes in the form of a trophy a lot of the time.

I've always said about awards that they're meaningless until you win one, and then they're best thing in the world. The other thing about awards is that they engender respect from areas where it might never have come from without it.

I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that you could really believe in again.

Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.

There is no greater medal than to be acclaimed for your style.

The tag of a 'National Award winner' earned me a lot of respect from a lot of people. I like that in a way.

I had never thought that so many people would know me, will talk about me, and most of all, I will be given a National Award.

I don't expect to win awards while working in films.

I don't believe in awards, and I think only film fare awards are faring.

I personally am not very interested in awards or the awards circuit.

Well, I think awards are pretty meaningless.

I am not doing films for awards.

I am completely grateful and pleased for the attention and the recognition I've received for playing the roles that I've played.

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 not aiming for an Academy Award.

I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?