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"Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging."
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"Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one."
"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."
"Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards."
"Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement."
"Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape."
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"I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me."
"Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work."
"I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all."
"A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion."
"My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand."
"I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt."
"How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination."
"I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good."
"What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to."
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