Acting Recognition Quotes

If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best!

I had two ambitions: One was to be in The Actors Studio, and the other was to walk into a bar where actors hung out, and everyone would know that I was a professional actor and I would be accepted.

I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.

I'm flattered if any movie role and my name are mentioned in the same sentence, because there haven't been a ton of them.

I think that the more success you have as an actor, I think, the greatest advantage of being successful as an actor or being in this business is that you have the chance to pick and choose, or you have people coming to you with a much more different variety of roles.

An Oscar nomination? That would be a very satisfying thing, I'm sure. I would appreciate the thought. It would be like taking your hat off as an actor to all the people who walk through you.

The biggest compliment I can ever get as an actor is to have someone say, 'We didn't recognize you.'

I had no idea 'L.A. Law' would be so mega. I knew it was a big show, but I was just one actress in a group of many good, award-winning actresses.

I want to tackle the award-winning films. I want to be seen as an actor-actor.

Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time.

A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.

I agree when others say I am underrated as an actor... When you give super-hit films, then only you are considered as a good actor. At least, that is how it is there in our industry. I think you need to be successful to be appreciated.

Does Catherine O'Hara deserve an Emmy? Absolutely.

My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I'm at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition.

I've been a very lucky actor.

A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else.

It feels amazing to know that the whole country thought my role in 'Newton' was one of my best, and to win the Special Mention Award at the highest film award in India is just exhilarating.

Pransaab was a great character actor. What he has achieved as an actor, I cannot think of achieving even a part of it.

Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.

I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'

The toughest challenge for any actor is to get accepted and loved by the audience.

I've felt the pressure of wanting to be known as a young actress rather than just Alisha from 'Misfits'.

Even though my face has gotten more familiar with doing 'China Beach' and 'The Wonder Years,' I'm the kind of actor that people thought, 'Gee, that guy looks familiar. He must have put my storm windows in. He works at my bank or something.'

People say an Oscar validates your career. No, it doesn't. There's more good actors without Oscars than there are with Oscars.

There's no better gift to an actor than when you walk into an audition, and the casting director is your partner.