Welcome to the 77th and last Oscars.

I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.

— Adam Sandler

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help.

— Jeff Daniels

The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar…

— Cliff Robertson

My eldest brother Atticus just won an Oscar some years ago, as he wrote the music for 'The Social Network.'

— Liberty Ross

When a woman wins an Oscar for telling a story from a woman's point of view, that's going to be the win. That's the…

— Julie Davis

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

— Amy Adams

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

— Jeff Bridges

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

— Nicolas Cage

White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played…

— Eddie Murphy

A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.

— Jim Broadbent

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in…

— David Mamet

People say an Oscar validates your career. No, it doesn't. There's more good actors without Oscars than there are with Oscars.

— Tony Rock

You don't do a play to compete for an award. This was the argument I always had over the Oscars. I didn't win them.…

— Glenda Jackson

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

— Janet Maslin

I don't care about Oscars. It's such self-aggrandizing nonsense. It's a way to manipulate people into believing that their choices are what's good. It's…

— Ewan McGregor