Award Show Quotes

When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

I was such a New Yorker, I hardly knew what the Oscars were.

If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being involved in any politics. Because it shouldn't involve that.

People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.

A couple days ago, I saw a lot of people tweeting, 'Oh, it's so cool 'Home' is being used in the Olympics!' We don't really get to watch much TV, man, with the concerts every night, but I wish I could have seen it. I really just found out through Twitter and my management texting me. I thought it was really awesome.

The Emmys are in good hands with Andy Samberg. Disgusting, dirty hands.

Most actresses save their best gown of the award season for the Academy, so it truly is a red carpet full of the fashion's creme de la creme.

I've watched the Emmys for almost my whole life, so it was crazy to finally be there in the audience clapping and actually going on stage. Hopefully one day I'll get to be actually nominated.

Grammy asshole weekend in LA. Yuck ... The Grammys = the old guard / old media propping up their puppets trying to convince the outside world, and each other, they're relevant.

I was at the Emmys, and someone told me that I'd gotten more applause than Brad Pitt. I said, 'Who's he?'

At the Emmys, you've got a bunch of people who are used to being on TV on TV. You don't have that at the Oscars. At the Oscars, you have people who are used to having 40 takes.

I gave John Wayne the push he needed to get that Oscar.

At the upcoming Grammy Awards, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will perform together as the first time, as man and wife. Hopefully music.

I went to a couple Academy Awards parties and I was definitely like, 'Whoa, no one will talk to me.'

It was amazing for me to even perform at the Grammys, but to do so alongside Annie Lennox was a truly incredible honor.

The Oscars is the one night of the year when you can see all your favorite stars without having to donate any money to the Democratic Party

It's not just people in Hollywood: I'm sure everyone in the world thinks, 'What would be it like if I won an Oscar?'

I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.

The first time I went to the Emmys was amazing. I had someone make me a dress - like, made for me.

Every year, they ask me to play the Grammys.

My first tweet was at the CMT Awards when I won an award and typed, 'Thank you.' Then I was hooked because the followers started multiplying. It's a great tool.

Performing at the TMCF Awards Gala is so exciting.

I never watched the Oscars. Come on, it's a fashion show . . . What straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars? Show me one. And they don't recognize comedy, and you don't see a lot of black people nominated, so why should I watch it?

I took the Oscars very seriously as a child.