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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.
I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.
You don't want to make awards the reason you're doing things.
Awards season is always a huge amount of fun whether you're a part of it or not. It's always really exciting seeing what films are coming and a lot of new talent as well.
Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
When it comes to the awards and everything, and the press, the publicity, this is all icing on the cake to me.
I have awards right now that I do not remember walking on stage to get.
Generally with the Oscars or the Emmys there isn't much you can do until the nominations are announced. Then you know what kind of year you're dealing with - what's been overlooked, what the issues are.