After I did 'Broadcast News' and got an Academy Award nomination, the first thing I did was 'Roe vs. Wade' at NBC. — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't… — Lili Taylor Copy Share Image
Certain Academy Awards like Sound and Visual Effects and Editing are sometimes referred to as technical awards. They're not technical awards. They're… — Randy Thom Copy Share Image
“In 1960, Joy wrote of her experiences raising Elsa in the bestselling book Born Free which was adapted into an Academy award-winning… — Joy Adamson Copy Share Image
I’ve never taken time off from being an actor. This is the kind of career I’d be so happy to do until… — Ansel Elgort Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor my whole young life. My dad was an actor, obviously - he won an Academy Award,… — Ed Begley, Jr Copy Share Image
Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' became iconic almost immediately after appearing in 1960: best-seller status; the Pulitzer Prize the next… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
“When my mother was alive, I was the daughter first and everything else second… That's what made her death so painful. My… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
I mean, people who watch Jon Stewart's show every night don't think he went far enough, because he couldn't do what he… — Bruce Vilanch Copy Share Image
It’s also true that I might have never made Taxi Driver [1976] were it not for the success of Alice [Doesn’t Live… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
For me, growing up in Indiana with cornfields and churches, I was always very intrigued by the Academy Awards - they were… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the… — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
I don't think I will ever be able to really articulate how bizarre it was to hear my name at the Academy… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I don't feel like a movie star in my life at all, and I don't particularly think I behave like one. I… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
My son was staying with me, and we got up to watch it, just before they announced supporting actress, he came up… — June Squibb Copy Share Image
Y Tu Mama Tambien' is one of the first unrated movies to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
I can see my ghost trying to get that Academy Award, forever stuck in a casting office. Can you imagine? I've spent… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
“The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic,… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
As an actress, you always dream of getting Emmys or Academy awards, but I never dreamed of getting an award that is… — Hayden Panettiere Copy Share Image
The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that.… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
On 'MADtv,' I discovered I could do Billy Crystal. 'Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 68th Annual Academy Awards!' Surprisingly, there's more… — Phil LaMarr Copy Share Image
My celebrity crush is Eva Mendes. I think she is gorgeous and shes got a great personality. I also got really star-struck… — Zac Efron Copy Share Image
The Academy Awards are passed out on Sunday. It's voted by members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Or… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award… — Joanne Woodward Copy Share Image
At one point, I was greenlighting films and scripts that shouldn't have been made based on the fact that they had that… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
'Entourage' is a very, very, very unique acting experience. I could go in to win 1000 Academy Awards, and it would never… — Kevin Connolly Copy Share Image
If a movie is nominated for, say, an Academy award, that movie will instantly become popular in Japan. There's always been a… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
Working in film, if you work with great directors, you learn that after every take you must let go. Sitting with my… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
For a lot of filmmakers, their first goal is to be successful and make some money. But once people start doing that,… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
Professionally speaking, the proudest moment was when I booked the 'Human Stain.' I knew it had Nicole Kidman, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
When I occasionally indulge in sort of a 'look back' at highlights, it's so interesting - it almost never comes from an… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
“Lonely people want to be dead, yet we’re still not quite ready to go—we don’t want to miss the action; we want… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I've done experimental work, I've done real conventional documentaries that were very successful, like Las Madres that was nominated for an Academy… — Lourdes Portillo Copy Share Image
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