Oscars Quotes · Page 3

I would never put on 20 kilos and mess up my system because a role demands it. Hindi cinema doesn't offer you…

— Bipasha Basu

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

How are people who are young and look like Oscar [Grant] portrayed in the media? You gotta think about that. And somebody…

— Michael B. Jordan

I was cast in a movie [originally] called Mr. Spreckman's Boat, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Jennifer Connelly. I felt like an…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

I grew up in a film-loving family. We watched the Oscars every year. My favorite thing in the whole world was film.…

— Lucas Hedges

I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game…

— Ice Cube

My biggest dream to connect people through music has come true. In a world where there are enough reasons to separate us,…

— A. R. Rahman

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

— Frank Pittman

So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we…

— Laverne Cox

I can safely say that no one who has ever won an Oscar didn't want to win an Oscar.

— Val Kilmer

Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a…

— Faye Dunaway

I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.

— Christine Lahti

Every actor. every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollywood or else you are nothing.

— Rita Hayworth

Oscar Wilde said that the gods punish us in two ways: first, they don't give us what we want, then, they do.…

— Perry Brass

“The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the…

— Dick Cavett

It's like, once you've seen Tom Hanks win the Golden Globes, the Oscars, you've seen his wife, what kind of car he…

— Justin Theroux

I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar! I hope it has inspired people.

— Jennifer Hudson

Once they call you a Latin Lover, you're in real trouble. Women expect an Oscar performance in bed.

— Anonymous

I was on the set of 'Braveheart' and my mate says to me, 'Do you think this film will be any good?'…

— Peter Mullan

I went from everyone saying, "She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act," to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that!

— Keira Knightley

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

— Quincy Jones

The first thing that your should do when you win an Oscar is thank God. The second thing you should do is…

— Rod Steiger

Christoph Waltz is stunning, an insanely nice guy. He is not only a ridiculously good actor, he’s also funny, helpful & a…

— Robert Pattinson

It's not just people in Hollywood: I'm sure everyone in the world thinks, 'What would be it like if I won an…

— Roman Coppola

[Boycott Oscar] is like crying about not having enough icing on your cake. It's just ridiculous.

— Ice Cube