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Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.

I think anytime you get nominated for an award, it's a very humbling thing.

You want to win. Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.

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

Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It's just unbelievable.

I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot.

I got a nomination for director, which means the world to me; it's just the most exciting thing for me and my family. You do the good hard work, and the rest of it is something you shouldn't get too caught up in, but when it happens - boy! I respect it.

Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints.