The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

- Carol Kane

I feel very privileged to be part of this mission, and when my nomination was announced, I was really very, very happy to be selected for this mission.

- Claude Nicollier

If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination.

- David Allan Coe

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

- Jeff Bridges

My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

- Lajos Kossuth

I've dreamed a lot of things and a lot of them have come true. The Grammy nomination was the last thing on my list before I had to write a new one. So I'm working on a new one.

- Trombone Shorty

I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.

- William H. Macy