Award Shows Quotes

• If I don't win, the award show loses credibility.

  Kanye West

  Winning, Rapper, Awards

  "The enigma of Kanye West - and how the world's biggest pop star ended up being its most reviled, too" by Ben Westhoff, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2015.

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• The fans get to see you, and you can do great by your record if you have a great performance or a great night there. That's all part of the business. But at their core, awards shows are not really a sincere thing. For a lot of years, the artists had to pay to play their own set.

  Jay-Z

  Artist, Night, Awards

  Interview With Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 11, 2010.

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• Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.

  Portia de Rossi

  Awards, Dresses, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a movie there and I've never been there for working reasons. The only reason to go there is for silly awards shows.

  Stephen Daldry

  Silly, Awards, Hands

  "Stephen Daldry: 'Hollywood? I've never even been there...'". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2013.

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• Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.

  Billy Eichner

  Fun, Awards, Watches

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I don't look for boyfriends, I don't really scour the awards shows for who I'm going to date, but I think love happens when you're not looking for it, and when it happens, I'm not going to be the one to overthink it.

  Taylor Swift

  Thinking, Awards, Looks

  "Country singer Taylor Swift takes 'Fearless' approach to stardom". Interview with Nekesa Mumbi Moody, www.metro.us. May 28, 2009.

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• On an awards-show day, I can play basketball, go in, take a shower and put on a tux - it takes me three minutes to put on a tux - and be out the door in 15 minutes.

  George Clooney

  Basketball, Awards, Doors

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• Award shows are really silly. I'm very happy for the people that win the awards, and I can say they're really silly, but I would love to get one. So I also know wasting time on that is pointless.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Silly, Winning, Awards

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• They're a redefinition of boredom... the most important thing you need to know about an awards show is where is the nearest smoking opportunity.

  Stephen Daldry

  Opportunity, Awards, Boredom

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• I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently.

  Nia Long

  Writing, Night, Awards

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Awards, White, House

  Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 22, 2011.

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• At these award shows, I love to see what people are going to wear.

  Mary Hart

  Awards, People, Shows

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• Last week I was in London at an awards show, then I flew home and was in an RV park with my wife and kids in our motorhome, this week I'm in NY doing a charity event, and tomorrow I'll be coaching my daughters soccer practice. I guess the range of roles I play on film stem from the range of roles I play in real life.

  Peter Facinelli

  Soccer, Daughter, Mother

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

  Luke Bryan

  Kids, Thinking, Awards

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• All I can say is I've been reading the lips of bleeped-out words, angry baseball players, and stoned-out rock stars on awards shows for years and it's been hilarious. Everyone is always asking me what the bleeped-out parts are saying.

  Marlee Matlin

  Baseball, Stars, Reading

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 'The Story of Us' is about running into someone I had been in a relationship with at an awards show, and we were seated a few seats away from each other. I just wanted to say to him, 'Is this killing you? Because it's killing me.' But I didn't. Because I couldn't. Because we both had these silent shields up.

  Taylor Swift

  Running, Awards, Stories

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• Wearing a tuxedo isn't as simple as it sounds. I've been to a lot of award shows in Hollywood over the years and have seen some pretty sad tuxes. It's surprisingly easy to go off the rails.

  Paul Feig

  Simple, Awards, Years

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• I was a big fan of how Johnny Carson hosted awards shows. Dick Cavett, as well, I think did a really great job of providing a nice blend of comedy, wit and class.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Jobs, Nice, Thinking

  "Tonys 2012: Q&A with Neil Patrick Harris on Eve of His Hosting Three-peat". "The Hollywood Reporter" Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 6, 2012.

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• Thankfully, the meat of the Tony telecast is the performances from the shows, so the awards show kind of creates itself around the season, and then I fill in based on the vibe of the season in general. I'm happy that there'll be so many legitimately good performances on the show.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Awards, Meat, Kind

  "Tonys 2012: Q&A with Neil Patrick Harris on Eve of His Hosting Three-peat". "The Hollywood Reporter" Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 6, 2012.

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• Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.

  Queen Latifah

  Awards, Hip Hop, Males

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• My goal in life was to host the MTV Awards, because it's the awards show that Prince sang on, and that was the awards show that Eddie Murphy hosted and Arsenio hosted.

  Chris Rock

  Awards, Mtv, Goal

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. February 16, 2011.

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• I love what I'm doing most of the time, but it's hard work. People only see your albums in the charts. They see us at award shows and after-show parties. They don't know about your doubts, the hard work that goes in.

  Gavin Rossdale

  Party, Hard Work, Awards

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• Most of an award-show host's job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether it's the Oscars or the Hallmark Channel's 'Hero Dog Awards.'

  Rob Sheffield

  Dog, Jobs, Hero

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• We've been around long enough and have been to enough award shows to know that it is easy to lose to Phil Collins at any time.

  Matt Stone

  Awards, Long, Easy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't want anyone to get seriously hurt. But I do watch awards shows to critique the clothes while I sit around eating chips in my sweat pants and in hopes of seeing some hilarious accidental nudity.

  Eliza Coupe

  Hurt, Awards, Sweat

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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