As you all know by now, this is the 51st annual Academy Awards. Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Overall, we've lost risk-takers on the red carpet at the Academy Awards. All too often, stars play it safe. — Brad Goreski Copy Share Image
If I want to be up for an Academy Award, I'm either going to have to play a tour de force of… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
Payday at my house is like the Academy Awards. My wife says: May I have the envelope please. — Henny Youngman Copy Share Image
If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent… — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
The people voting for the Oscars are so old. I haven't seen one Academy Award voter with a tampon in her purse. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I went to a couple Academy Awards parties and I was definitely like, 'Whoa, no one will talk to me. — Matt Stone Copy Share Image
I'm very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn't have as many good movies as we… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting.… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between the National Book Awards and the Academy Awards. At the Academy Awards you can feel the greed… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
As a kid I watched the Academy Awards on television and always wanted one - or several - like one of my… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Ive learned that its impossible to laugh when your much closer to crying, that tears can be hidden if you try, and… — Ana Copy Share Image
people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I know a lot of actors picture themselves winning Academy Awards. I really just wanted to do a Christmas movie because it's… — Leigh-Allyn Baker Copy Share Image
If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I, uh...I have a television, so I'm going to spend some time here to tell you some things. [To orchestra conductor:] And,… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
To be recognized for your hard work is a true honor. An Academy Award nomination is one thing that, five years later,… — Hailee Steinfeld Copy Share Image
I am an outsider looking in, absolutely. You're not going to see me at the Academy Awards 'Vanity Fair' party any time… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
I certainly never pictured myself even attending the Academy Awards, much less winning at 56. I very, very happily settled into a… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
Because they've either conveniently forgotten with time or they're trying to be supportive, most mothers won't tell you how hard pregnancy (and… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
A person who actually knows how to wear clothes...they would look good in any clothes. You see this especially at the Academy… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“I started showing them some of Tommy’s greatest acting hits. “Oh my God,” one of them said, laughing. “This is so terrible.”… — Greg Sestero Copy Share Image
Sunday is the Academy Awards. Every time an actor says, 'I didn't expect this,' Ruth Bader Ginsburg will do a shot. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I'm a member of BAFTA, so I vote in all the films that come up for the Academy Awards. — Ray Fearon Copy Share Image
I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridiculous? I mean, at the… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
I pay attention when the Academy Awards come around. I haven't watched them in a while, but I used to watch them… — Alex Ebert Copy Share Image
I was one of the horses of the Louis B. Mayer stable, and I thought the films I was given after my… — Luise Rainer 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
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
For my second and third pictures I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me, — Luise Rainer 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
A lot of people are going around saying, 'You won the Academy Award for such and such.' 'No. I didn't.' 'You didn't?'… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
I'd like ten more babies and ten more chihuahuas and a few Academy Awards. Meanwhile, I enjoy being a sex symbol and… — Jayne Mansfield Copy Share Image
I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award. — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
What a thrill. You know you've entered new territory when you realise that your outfit cost more than your film. — Jessica Yu Copy Share Image
The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons. — George C. Scott Copy Share Image
At the Academy Awards every year, there are best-dressed stars - and worst-dressed stars. But it's the worst-dressed that go down in… — Brad Goreski 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'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