Lisa Edelstein Quotes

It's pretty cool to be called a champion.

Looking back now, thinking about that moment in the lights, with my heart pounding, Oscar in my hand, all I can say is I am grateful and humbled - still to this day. Next to marrying my husband and the birth of my children, it is one of the best days ever.

I'd say my happiest moment as an actress came when I learned I'd won the Look Magazine Best Supporting Actress Award for 1956 in The Killing.

I feel like I'm on the inside for the first time. Inside the castle. I have an Emmy nomination!

I slept with my gold medal.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.

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

Each championship is unique and special.

Being a world champion is something I'm already proud of and can take for the rest of my life.

I might not come home with hardware, but I'm winning.

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.

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan.

Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.

I think cool moments like winning a Grammy deserve a nice little party where you really soak it in and not have to work and stuff. I do remember throwing a party on that Grammy night, but it was work.

We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.

There would be nothing more thrilling than to win a championship.

I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.

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

I always choose to remember the moment that was the best of Jeanne Cooper - those photos where she's in that wild dress triumphantly hoisting up the Emmy the night she finally won the damn thing. She was so proud, so happy.

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.

I have an Oscar on my mantel.

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.

So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it, moving on.