Kathleen Kennedy Quotes

Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.

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.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

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

I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.

I'd rather have one gold medal and 10 caps than 200 caps and no gold.

The questions that loom can be intimidating. 'What kind of moves is she gonna make? What is she gonna do?' There is this pressure that you're supposed to keep impressing.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

I'm sure personal accolades are nice and you appreciate them very much. But it's about winning Cups and winning Olympics and winning World Cups and that kind of thing.

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

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

I've always had this crazy thought that I have to win something; otherwise, my career's a complete failure. It's ridiculous. Will a trophy change me as a person? No. Will it make me a better player? No. So what the hell am I worried about?

It's something nice to be number one, of course, but there are much more expectations.

I loved being the best player in the world. There was no pressure staying there.

You really have to be winning by the time you get to 20 these days.

The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.

I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won.

It has gotten worse as I'm becoming more successful. My nerves. Just because there's a bit more pressure, and people are expecting a lot more from me.

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

One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere, and then it's all foisted on you. You never know when it's going to happen. You don't think about the media side of things when you're a young athlete trying to do well.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I'm more nervous about doing this than anything I've ever done before, because it is so prestigious.

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.

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.

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.