Greg Egan Quotes

I can safely say that no one who has ever won an Oscar didn't want to win an Oscar.

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.

Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints.

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've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy, so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.

I have awards right now that I do not remember walking on stage to get.

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.

I would be happy if they just gave out nominations and there weren't any Oscars. But winning them is definitely an experience - to get up there and make a speech. Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level.

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.

I don't think you can ever get bored of winning awards.

I'm always being introduced as 'Tony Award-winning Douglas Hodge.' It's extraordinary.

I was excited to be nominated for the Grammy, but prizes are a little strange.

To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.

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

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.

I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies still wants to win an Academy Award, because it's like the Pulitzer Prize or the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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

You don't really work for awards, but when they come it's... nice.

I've gotten some pretty nice awards. I'm having trouble finding places to put them all.

I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I had an Emmy or Oscar, but I don't.

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

I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.

Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I'm very casual about it.

I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.