Cilla Black Quotes

Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.

There are some people who feel that they deserve a particular award or recognition, but I don't fall in that category.

I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition.

I don't value prizes of any sort.

I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy.

I have not won far more awards than I have won.

I have never thought of winning an Oscar. Rather, I never thought I would get the Padma Shri. I think God has been kind to me. I think getting Oscar award is not too far away.

Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.'

I've never wanted fame. I've only ever wanted recognition.

All I want are titles and nothing less.

It was humbling to see my brothers blowing up in music while I wasn't in the public eye, but it was also gratifying, because I'm doing what I love, and the self-esteem you get from that is so much better.

The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

I do think of this prize as the GFP prize, and I happen to fortunately be one of the people that goes along for the ride.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.

Awards don't really mean much.

When you start a new job or a particular journey, you really don't know what to expect. I mean, you hear about your name being on the bestsellers list, but it doesn't really mean anything. Like, really, what does that translate to?

My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.

To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously.

I believe that every Nobel Laureate has the feeling that this prize is really a gift - because nobody can or should work just for this prize.

I'm not one who's big on accolades and all those things. I did my job and I'm proud of what I did and how I did it.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one.