Allison Janney Quotes

I was so grateful to win an Emmy, but just being nominated, it's not overrated!

I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences very sincerely for the great honour they have done me. It is an honour so great that even yet it is difficult for me to believe that it is true.

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'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much. I think I'm recognized enough by the industry.

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

I've been very, very, very, very fortunate, and I'm very grateful for my career and that, at 60, I won an Emmy.

I'm always amazed when anybody remembers anything of my work, and even more so when I get nominated for something I've done. For many years, I was like a horse wearing a pair of blinkers as far as using these awards or nominations in order to boost my career was concerned.

It's one thing to be recognized by your peers over the course of your career, but the Grammy is something else altogether. You have the Recording Academy, along with a huge cross-section of producers, writers, engineers and musicians from all different musical genres and backgrounds who are making a decision. It's an amazing feeling.

I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do.

I was very fortunate in all of my career in television to have a lot of things that received a lot of awards recognition.

I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.

For me, awards are a token of respect that people are giving me. So no matter how many awards I am receiving, I always feel emotional.

I literally will write Shonda Rhimes, the creator of 'Grey's,' an e-mail once a month or so and just say, 'Hey, I love you and thank you.' That was my moment. Because of that, I'm doing 'Magic City.'

Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.

The Academy and the Oscars have been very gracious to me.

I had all this other life happening, and 'Lost' was this sort of seasoning - but it was never the main course. It was just this thing that I would nip off and do, so to be recognized for 'Lost' all the time is amazing.

It is so nice to get so many compliments from fans and people from within the industry.

It's really humbling to be acknowledged by such established names like CMT and Billboard.

People still come to me and compliment me on 'Bobby.'

It is kind of nice for when people appreciate what you have done, but I would not base my career on awards because they are mostly popular awards and not talent-oriented awards.

It feels great when people talk about your craft and you get noticed for it.

Yes, I am happy that my work is recognised, and it is wonderful to be acknowledged.

I don't play for recognition.

It feels great when your work gets appreciated.

People probably don't give me the credit I deserve for holding the Strikeforce title, but the people who do know, know.