Oscars Quotes · Page 5

I've been nominated four times, never won. And the whole world is going, `Why hasn't Winslet won one?' That's why I'm doing…

— Ricky Gervais

It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that.

— Phil Collins

The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.

— Marco Tempest

I really don't think about the Oscars.

— James Newton Howard

I have an awards cabinet in my studio where I keep my eight Oscars, my 11 Grammys, my seven Golden Globes, and…

— Alan Menken

If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would no Oscars. Or anyone named Oscar, if you think about that.

— Ellen DeGeneres

Oscar Wilde quite rightly said, 'All art is useless'. And that may sound as if that means it's something not worth supporting.…

— Stephen Fry

Cary Grant never won an Oscar, primarily, I suspect, because he made everything look so effortless. Why reward someone for having fun,…

— Richard Russo

I've often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night.

— Glenn Close

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

— Javier Bardem

It definitely deserved an Oscar, but not a Golden Globe.

— Tobey Maguire

I've got a checklist of things I want - including a Brit, a Grammy, an Oscar and a white poodle. Sometimes it…

— Joss Stone

Our nights didn't begin until after noon. Because in the old days, you'd start Birdland at 8:30 or 9 pm and play…

— Charles Mingus

I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn't been done. Miss…

— Bette Davis

A refusal of nature as a model is a tradition that goes right back to Oscar Wilde.

— Todd Haynes

I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am…

— Zoe Saldana

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father. I liked my father a lot, he was a swell fellow, but I didn’t see him…

— Stephen Sondheim

My mother gave me an Oscar de la Renta Gone with the Wind ballgown dress. I've never had a place to wear…

— Elizabeth Jagger

Free food!" mumbled Hamilton, his mouth full. "No wonder you're rich. You don't have to pay for anything." "Since when is it…

— Gordon Korman

Pants at the Oscars is lit, hunnyyyy. That's a four-hour telecast - comfy and chic? Werk!

— Ariana DeBose

I love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think…

— Billy Crystal

God bless that potential that we all have for making anything possible if we think we deserve it. I deserve this.

— Shirley MacLaine

Is Chris Rock still gonna host the Oscars after this blatant racism?? Is everyone still gonna show up??

— Tyrese Gibson

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

Book awards - in America, at least - are not like the Oscars. Awards are not cumulative, and in the case of…

— Michelle Dean