Dick Van Dyke Quotes

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage.

I love working with Oscar winners.

We all have that moment when we think, 'Hand me that Oscar now - you don't even have to have the ceremony'.

I have an awards cabinet in my studio where I keep my eight Oscars, my 11 Grammys, my seven Golden Globes, and my Tony Award.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

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

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.

Entertainer of the Year, to me, there's never been any question that that's one on my bucket list that I want. I'm not going to sit here and lie to you. If there's one that I ever could get - I would trade all the rest of them in for that one.

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

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

One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish very much.

Year after year, the Nobel Awards bring a moment of happiness not only to the recipients, not only to colleagues and friends of the recipients, but even to strangers.

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.

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before.

I have never thought of winning an Oscar. Rather, I never thought I would get the Padma Shri. I think God has been kind to me. I think getting Oscar award is not too far away.

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'll never get a Humanitas Award, but I'll have fun.

I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony.

Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!

People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.

For my second and third pictures, I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me.

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.