Michael C. Hall Quotes

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

I think there's a lot of factors that go into the whole awards thing. I've never been that big a fan of it.

There are too many awards shows.

The Emmys are flat-out fun.

There is something so arbitrary about prizes.

Awards shows mainly publicize the people giving the awards.

The Emmys seem like an entity unto themselves that have an agenda that sometimes corresponds to quality, sometimes doesn't.

I don't typically pay attention to most things in life, let alone award season. Not because I think it's silly. I just don't typically get caught up in it.

Are you kidding? This is crazy, man. I thought I was Mr. Pre-Televised awards.

Nobody's gonna beat Taylor Swift in a fan-voted thing. And nobody should, by the way.

Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.

All the media have their own award presentations.

The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well.

Boy, oh, boy, people get jaded fast. I got nominated for an Emmy.

I had been watching the Emmys since I was probably 5 years old. Those shows, when you're a kid, it all seems like such a big, big deal, and only special certain people would win one of these big things like a Tony or an Emmy or an Oscar.

I don't really like the Oscars; it's a commercial promotional event. It helps immeasurably to sell films, but it's hardly the Nobel prize.

You go to the Grammys and you say, 'I don't care if I win or not,' and of course you care.

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

The reality of producing the Oscars is that it's a blood sport. With social media, everyone has a chance to voice their opinions. You have to know that entering into this special world requires a very thick skin.

I am definitely going to watch the Emmys this year! My makeup team is nominated for “Best Special Effects.”

For any of you who don't know, the Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem. The Golden Globes are to the Oscars what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton. A bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker, and more easily bought.

It stirs up envy, fame does.

I think one nice thing about mathematics is that we don't really have one prize that dominates all the others, like the Nobel prizes.

At the end of a career you're desperate more than ever for medals, grabbing as much as you can as you go.

The Golden Thumb is not as good as the Oscar, but it is a lot of fun.