People who love the more popular fare that doesn't even get nominated say the same thing.
"A number of painters were nominated," said Joan Young, the associate curator of contemporary art at the Guggenheim.
"It's important to say, 'I don't really want to do politics but somebody has to,'" if you want to be nominated, says Mr Reinhardt.
"184 candidates or not, it feels very good to be nominated," said the former children's laureate Rosen.
"All of us were holding our breath on whether Stark would be nominated," said Daryl Roth, one of the lead producers of "Kinky Boots".
Mr. Gramm, who said he was "absolutely confident" that Mr. Bush would be nominated, said Mr. McCain was a perfectly acceptable alternative.
"He was unidentified nationally, and that's why they pounded him from the moment he was nominated," said Stephanie Cutter, Mr. Kerry's campaign communications director.
"It's very irritating that it didn't get nominated," said Thorsten Ritter, head of marketing at Bavaria Film International, which is handling international sales for "Goodbye Lenin".
"After the seventh time" the Stooges were nominated, said the band's guitarist, James Williamson, in his acceptance speech, "we were beginning to think we would have to take pride in not getting in".
"We campaigned for you [Mujuru] not only last year, but over the years, but now it is war because I have been nominated," said Grace Mugabe, 49, who is likely to become head of Zanu-PF's influential women's league.
"It's reasonable to assume that if you're making odds, you're not going to make much money if you bet against 'Shrek' and 'Monsters, Inc.' being nominated," said Thomas Schumacher, president of Walt Disney Animation.
