You know those award shows. The cliche is that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that happens to be true. Whoever wins it in the end, I don't know, sometimes it feels arbitrary. Sometimes it feels like it's deserving.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I find awards frivolous. When I began my career, I was told that I deserved an award for a certain performance, but then I couldn't turn up on the day of the show. Then I was told that the award went to someone else. That's when I realised the truth behind it all.
Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them.
Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.
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!
Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
Truly what the Emmys are about are the machine behind them, and Oscars are the same way, where if you have a big enough machine behind you, you get nominated, because truly how many of the best performances actually win... not many.
The three of us just try put our heads down and stay creative. The awards truly are just cake. It's one of those things that you never expect, but getting the head nod from either the fans or your peers, that's the ultimate compliment.
Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.
You want to win. Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.
I think anytime you get nominated for an award, it's a very humbling thing.