I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I do acting for the awards... and cash money.
I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.
The first time I was nominated for an award for professional acting, I was in my mid-twenties. I was married and the mother of my first two daughters. I had been working for near to 15 years.
I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.
Also, I've already won all the awards.
Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
I don't think I ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my motivation when I do these roles. I really am motivated by being able to work with great people and create a body of work that I can look back and be proud of.
I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.
I've never won an award for anything, and I think it's weird. I mean, that's really cool but it's strange to think you could get an award for acting. I always thought that was strange.
I've trained myself not to put too much emphasis on awards, only because I never got into acting to win an award.