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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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"Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone."
"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."
"Awards sell tickets, and they're a clever publicity stunt."
"The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well."
"Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards."
"You can never be guaranteed good roles because of an award, but I think your profile and net worth as a performer has to do with awards, unfortunately."
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"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."
"Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?"
"I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'"
"Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?"
"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."
"The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough."
"How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination."
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