Oscars Quotes · Page 6

I loved all awards shows growing up, but of course, the Oscars was the biggest one.

— Billy Eichner

I just want to thank everybody I've ever met in my entire life.

— Kim Basinger

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

— Kathy Bates

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

— Ice Cube

I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it's great.

— Russell Simmons

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

— Herbie Hancock

Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

— Norman Jewison

That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

— Russell Simmons

You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.

— Rita Moreno

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

— Shirley MacLaine

Hopefully, I can play both sides of the fence. That's probably what winning the Oscar gives me, the chance to do something…

— Benicio Del Toro

Reported as Oscar Wilde's last words on his death bed... This wallpaper is killing me. One of us has to go.

— Anonymous

House Speaker John Boehner said the Republican Party will no longer stand in the way of gay marriage. Then Boehner said, 'Now…

— Conan O'Brien

The one place you don't want to wear shorts is any major awards show. You can wear them to the Teen Choice…

— Peter Som

When I was a little kid, I used to say, "I would rather host the Oscars than win an Oscar." To me,…

— Seth Rogen

I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there…

— John Ford

For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar…

— Michael Koryta

I always felt that Bette Davis was one of the great screen actresses who never really got her due - she won…

— Robert Osborne

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

I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win.…

— Billy Eichner

In the heyday of the Oscars, there were electric sparks flying. When Cher went in her fabulous Bob Mackie dress and her…

— Andre Leon Talley

The first time I went to the Oscars was surreal. It wasn't really me walking the red carpet. It was like watching…

— Mark Hamill

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees…

— Cate Blanchett

A lot of people give actors credit when they gain weight for a role in a drama when they win an Oscar,…

— Mike O'Malley

At the Oscars, if you didnt vote for 12 Years a Slave' you were a racist.

— Gary Oldman

I don't know why I don't watch the Oscars. It's not bitterness or anything; it just seems weird.

— Donal Logue

I think most people have that out of body experience when they win the Oscar.

— Sandra Bullock

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

— Jennifer Hudson

Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.

— Herbie Hancock

Oh sure, now you like him [after the audience applaud David Oyelowo].

— Neil Patrick Harris

Many wonderful, creative people have won Oscars, so if you win one, you're in their company.

— David Cronenberg

When you are lying drunk at the airport you're Irish. When you win an Oscar you're British.

— Brenda Fricker

They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject.

— Linda Fiorentino

I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

— Bai Ling

If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots.

— Dean Winters

Makeup contracts are the Oscars of the modeling world.

— Andreja Pejic

Often times I don't watch the Oscars because I say this isn't for me.

— Betty Gabriel

The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press.

— Helen Mirren

Am I allowed to say I really wanted this? This is fantastic.

— Steven Spielberg

Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.

— Brenda Blethyn