Oscars Quotes

The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility.

— Joe Orton

I'd like to win an Oscar.

— Vanessa Hudgens

I think one day I'd like to win an Oscar.

— Bonnie McKee

I ain't gonna win no Oscars.

— Randy Orton

I really don't care about the Oscars.

— Gaspar Noe

I want to go to the Oscars and clean up.

— Adam Pearson

Will this coffee get me an Oscar?

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.

— Quvenzhane Wallis

He's easily the most well-adjusted former child star in the room, please welcome... Jason Bateman

— Neil Patrick Harris

I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen.

— Hilary Swank

The Oscar seems to have been confused with the Nobel Peace Prize.

— Janet Maslin

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

There's absolutely nothing wrong with Oscar Levant that a miracle can't fix.

— Alexander Woollcott

Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.

— Maureen O'Hara

Words seem so futile, so feeble. You are all such lovely, beautiful people ... thank you.

— Charlie Chaplin

I guess this proves there are as many nuts in the Academy as anywhere else.

— Jack Nicholson

You need to look like a lady at the Oscars. Otherwise, Joan Rivers will tear you apart. Then again, you aren't really…

— Paris Hilton

I've always wanted to appear in a 3-D Movie, that's always been a goal of mine. If you appear in a 3-D…

— Nikki Cox

I had an existential crisis at the Oscars, sitting next to Sean Penn and Meryl Streep, and being like, 'What am I…

— Amy Adams

The Oscar is the fantasy that you're afraid to believe in, but in the secrecy of your little dark room, you dream…

— Terrence Howard

When I won the Oscar, I made a point of actively going against that and doing adventure films like 'Con Air' and…

— Nicolas Cage

A lot of the guys were like that - Oscar Pettiford - they just took me under their wing, and that's why…

— Quincy Jones

They almost had to cancel the Oscars tonight because all of the designers and stylists are still in line in San Francisco…

— Joan Rivers

Mammootty is a great phenomenon.. If I was one among the jury for honourary award of Oscars, I would have definitely selected…

— Ram Gopal Varma

I don't think I ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my motivation when…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all…

— Walter Murch

I want to have more original-screenplay Oscars than anybody who's ever lived! So much, I want to have so many that -…

— Quentin Tarantino

Adult movies with any artistic credit are released in the last quarter of the year and expected to gird for battle for…

— Alexander Payne

Remember a few years ago when they left Bea Arthur out of the death reel at the Oscars? Bea Arthur! How did…

— Joan Rivers

A lot of people give actors credit when they gain weight for a role in a drama when they win an Oscar,…

— Mike O'Malley

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees…

— Cate Blanchett

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the…

— Javier Bardem

I was amazed to go Oscar and win it. It was fantastic getting up on the stage there and looking down. I…

— Peter Capaldi

If you look at the Oscars and look at the Best Foreign Language series, you see that the films are coming from…

— Philippe Falardeau

It would be kind of ill to see Rachel McAdams win an Oscar [for Spotlight] - I don't think people give her…

— Bun B

When I was young, we thought that Oscar Wilde was a great nobleman who had thrown his life away for love. Nothing…

— Quentin Crisp

I remember a few years ago I was sitting at home with my wife watching the Oscars. I was sitting on the…

— Christopher Walken

As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the…

— Nina Simone

On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet…

— Junot Diaz

Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with…

— Frank Pittman