Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.

I was never upset that I did not get an Emmy. That I did get an Emmy nomination, I couldn't be happier and prouder.

The Emmys seem like an entity unto themselves that have an agenda that sometimes corresponds to quality, sometimes doesn't.

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

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

My agents and managers deserve a special Emmy award for scheduling.

I gave away most of my trophies, put away the plaques.

I was an Emmy nominee and an Emmy snub.

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

This is why it's hard to talk about winning awards. You can't do it without sounding like a tool.

I've been busy for a long, long time. I've received a ton of awards in the past few years ... I think they're really great, it's really an honor, but s**t - I really have to work for these things.

It's an important moment [win an Emmy]. I just feel like I want it to happen tonight, either for myself or Viola [Davis] so we can get past it, so it's not big news anymore. I mean, it is 2015. We have a black president.

I'm incredibly proud to have been nominated in the past and it really means a lot to me because I do work very hard when I'm making a film and I do really do absolutely give my all. To get that kind of pat on the back, it's really amazing and also never something that I anticipated would possibly happen to me, ever. So I am very, very proud to have been there before. And, you know, the nice thing about nominations is that, same as awards, no one can actually take them away from you and I'm proud of that.

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

Emmys are wonderful and I'm thrilled to death that I have mine. But they're representative of a specific achievement, where this sort of thing is representative of how you've grown in your own industry.

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 love awards, especially if I get them.

I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot.

I've never won an award for anything, and I think it's weird. I mean, that's really cool but it's strange to think you could get an award for acting. I always thought that was strange.

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.

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

Awards don't really mean much.

Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.

The championship, in my eyes, in television, is obviously an Emmy.

The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.