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"Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one."
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"Awards sell tickets, and they're a clever publicity stunt."

"The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast; I can't remember what I said or what happened."

"I never wore glasses except when I had to read a teleprompter at an awards show or drive, so I didn't notice much. I could exist in my head. It was kind of my escape from the world and my protection."

"Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement."

"I am proud to be a role model for my viewers. I am finding out that helping victims is as or more rewarding the all the awards I wins."

"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."

"Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective."

"Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape."
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"The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time."

"I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more reading than people used to do."

"I don't know how this guy knew how much money I was making. I didn't know how much money I was making."

"I went to Second City, where you learned to make the other actor look good so you looked good and National Lampoon, where you had to create everything out of nothing, and SNL, where you couldn't make any mistakes, and you learned what collaboration was."

"All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance."

"I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not."

"I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job."

"In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can't help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They're very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you're there."

"Yeah, I think that's sort of the American way. And it's also the Polish way, it turns out."
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