Hugh Laurie Quotes

I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die.

Actually, nobody has ever given me an award, and also, it's not really important in my life. I go to these award shows for meeting my friends.

Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than receiving an Oscar.

I equate fame towards people who know your work, people who will see your work. But all that stuff, like with the Genies and stuff like that, it was so much fun. It's so much fun and it's nice when it comes, but that's not what it's all about.

If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

As the universe accepted our show, more people began to accept me.

I feel blessed and humbled that people have loved my music. Nothing would be possible without their acceptance.

It's interesting, the more successful you become the more people want to give you stuff for nothing.

I'm really proud of Twilight. I think it's a good movie. It was hard to do, and I think it turned out pretty good. But I don't take much credit for it. So when you show up at these places, and there's literally like a thousand girls and they're all screaming your name, you're like, why? You don't feel like you deserve it.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

Unfortunately, in the Hollywood way, respect comes in the form of a trophy a lot of the time.

The word 'gratitude' is not part of the Hollywood dictionary.

I've been so incredibly blessed. I've worked with some of the greatest professionals in town. I stood at the Golden Globes.

When I go outside of L.A., no matter where it is, really anywhere I go, people will be stopping me or taking pictures or whatever it is. And it's great. It's amazing. I'm just lucky.

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

People who are successful should never forget that it's 90 per cent luck. You've got to be an eejit to be an egomaniac. I had my glory years - 'Blankety Blank,' the talk show, when I was winning every award going.

I think they're an incredible honor. I'm grateful and flattered by them. But I have no control over winning awards - I have no control over any of that.

Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.

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'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.

You know, I don't turn down autographs. I try to sign as many autographs as I can.

Fame doesn't get to me. I lead quite a quiet life on the whole - I will go to an awards ceremony if the show I'm in, or I, am nominated because I think it's important to say, 'Thank you.'

I am going to go on with my life, and if they call me and say 'Yo, you are going to be in the Hall of Fame or you are going to be in this,' then I am going to say, 'So be it.' If I make it, I will go to the ceremony, and I'll have fun.

Giving autographs is flattering.