Stars react to nominations for Golden Globe Awards

Stars react to nominations for Golden Globe Awards

— Reactions to nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif.:

"It's always nice to get a nomination, but my main thing with nominations and awards is, if my name is mentioned, my main ambition is just to get another part. To make some director or producer wake up and go, `Oh, she's still alive.'" — Helena Bonham Carter on her supporting actress nomination for "The King's Speech."

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"When the phone rang around 5:30 a.m., I knew something was either very right or very wrong. But either way, it got me out of bed." — Jim Parsons on his acting nomination for TV's "The Big Bang Theory."

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"I have very un-rock-star hours these days." — Trent Reznor on why he was awake at 5:30 a.m. watching the nominations on TV, where he learned that he and Atticus Ross were nominated for their score for "The Social Network."

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"I'm going to take my dog out for a walk and carry my little doggie bags and pick up my dog's excrement. That's always fun. That's how I celebrate. That's how a big TV star celebrates." — Bryan Cranston on his nomination for actor in a TV drama for "Breaking Bad."

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"The whole house would wake up. People would phone. Dogs would start barking. The kids would start crying. Pandemonium would ensue. It was much more exciting." — Hans Zimmer, who's been nominated 10 times, on how times have changed when it comes to learning you've been nominated for a Golden Globe. How did he find out he was nominated this year for original score for "Inception"? "By opening one eye and looking over at my iPhone beeping away at me, which I promptly ignored."

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"Being woken up at 5:30 in the morning, it was very funny, people were screaming on the phone and my poor dogs were like, 'What's happening?'" — Mila Kunis on how she learned of her supporting actress nomination for "Black Swan."

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"This is a party where you get drunk, it's a little more relaxed than the other ones and you celebrate with your team, so I'm very happy to be recognized." — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, writer-director of foreign film nominee "Biutiful," on what he likes about the Golden Globes.

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"I am thrilled and honored. I am now going to turn the house upside-down looking for that other cufflink." — Hugh Laurie on his nomination for actor in a TV drama for "House."

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