Garry Disher Quotes

The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.'

I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.

I don't bother about awards.

When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.

I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?

The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.

I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans.

I don't really care about awards.

When the Queen says 'well done,' it means so much.

I don't give much thought to individual awards.

All these years, when someone praised my work, I would feel lucky.

I don't believe in awards, and I think only film fare awards are faring.

Well, I think awards are pretty meaningless.

Any honor is an honor. You can't really say which one is better than the next, but it's always wonderful when you're honored by your peers for your work.

One of the nicest things about living in America is the fact that sooner or later you are practically bound to get an award of some sort or other.

I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought. It encourages our business to be competitive in absolutely the wrong way. We're not sportsmen; we're not trying to come in first.

You don't want to make awards the reason you're doing things.

An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.

I don't value prizes of any sort.

Of course awards matter.

I've trained myself not to put too much emphasis on awards, only because I never got into acting to win an award.

When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn't think I deserved it.

I thought it was pretty good to be mentioned in a big paper, so I decided to keep the nickname.