Dan Hill Quotes

Til the day I didn't play under-19 World Cup, nobody ever celebrated my birthday. And the moment I played for Indian team, my family got excited and ordered and cut a cake for me in front of 40-50 family members.

Having your work honored nationally is a great morale booster.

Looking back now, thinking about that moment in the lights, with my heart pounding, Oscar in my hand, all I can say is I am grateful and humbled - still to this day. Next to marrying my husband and the birth of my children, it is one of the best days ever.

I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize for best all-around student. Afterwards my father said to me, 'Never, ever disgrace me like that again.' When I tell my Western friends, they are aghast. But I adore my father. It didn't knock my self-esteem at all.

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.

My drum sticks are in the 'Hall of Fame.' I know that.

'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.

It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.

Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.

I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part.

It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.

I'm not one who's big on accolades and all those things. I did my job and I'm proud of what I did and how I did it.

I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I felt pretty thrilled, but not quite as thrilled as I felt when I saw my name in the 'Examiner' for the first time.

When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor.

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

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

Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent.

I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.

I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.

I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?

It's funny, as a little kid, you look up to those guys who you play as in 'Madden,' and now to see myself in the game, it's an honor.

The knights of the theater represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession was held. To find myself, to my astonishment, in that company is the grandest thing that has professionally happened to me.

My parents are extremely proud of me.

It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.

I keep both of my Tonys on my mantle. They're in front of a mirror so if you look at just the right angle, it looks like I have four!