Clarence Page Quotes

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

You sort of feel when you are given an award, you feel like, well then you have got to do something to deserve having been given the award. It worked differently with me cause I didn't feel that I had done enough.

I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.

You don't want to make awards the reason you're doing things.

I can't go to sleep at night if I didn't accomplish at least something. That's the one thing that keeps me up.

I do have at home the most ridiculous number of awards for what I have done, which is nice in terms of being patted on the back, yet it does cure you of caring about what other people say about you. Ultimately, you must have your own standard of what is good enough.

Awards don't really mean much.

I guess other people's compliments motivate you.

I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really.

To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.

Respect your success.

I've trained myself not to put too much emphasis on awards, only because I never got into acting to win an award.

As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value.

Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

There is undoubtedly a lot of pressure that comes with recognition, which can be a good thing and bad thing all at the same time. But if you stay focused and don't lose sight of what you're doing and who you are, you can rise above it.

It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them?

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

I have to prove myself to everybody.

Success was always critical to me. What it meant was winning enough praise and external admiration that I could feel myself to be a logical extension of my Uncle Alex, Uncle Zoli, and my father, in that order.

Don't feel bad if you never 'get famous.' Don't freak out if you have less than 300 Twitter followers.

I would hate to be in a situation where my entire focus was obsessing around the issue of whether we're going to win best picture.

I don't play for recognition.

Our statement's on the screen. Awards won't make it better, and a lack of awards won't make it worse.

My thing is, for artists who are having success, being given an award shouldn't be the thing that defines you in the first place.