Oscars Quotes · Page 5

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

— Billy Eichner

I never won an Oscar... and the Oscars never won Irene Papas

— Irene Papas

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

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

— Kathy Bates

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

— Russell Simmons

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

— Ice Cube

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

— Sandra Bullock

[Vincent Price] did Oscar Wilde on Broadway, and I think he probably did it because he was almost like an Oscar Wilde.…

— Cassandra Peterson

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

Research by Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh has found that, on average, Oscar winners live nearly four years longer than…

— David Brooks

In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is…

— Sally Field

I've done one movie. And it's not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. I mean,…

— Megan Fox

I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'

— Helen Mirren

I have believed for many years that Oscar Peterson is not only the greatest pianist in jazz today, but the greatest it…

— Gene Lees

If you put on an Oscar Wilde [play], it will interest those who are interested in Oscar Wilde. But it won't interest…

— John Hurt

Before Midnight is one of the years best movies. Full to the brim with humor, heartbreak, and ravishing romance. Richard Linklater directs…

— Peter Travers

I want to do roles that are fun and challenging and I want to try different things. I don't want to keep…

— Halle Berry

"Embrace Of The Serpent" has been a big deal for Colombians outside the Amazon. It's been showing continuously there for more than…

— Tom Cole

The Oscars are about the dynamics of that moment, of that season. It reflects what's been going on in the world every…

— Bruce Vilanch

Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of…

— William Goldman

I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef,…

— Chris Pratt

The ways in which Oscar Wilde was attacking the Romantics that preceded him, and the Romantic ideas that preceded him, were very…

— Todd Haynes

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

If you look at the Oscars and look at the Best Foreign Language series, you see that the films are coming from…

— Philippe Falardeau

I was amazed to go Oscar and win it. It was fantastic getting up on the stage there and looking down. I…

— Peter Capaldi

Oscar Pistorius is now infamous for reasons that I think everybody knows about, but when I hit on his story and put…

— Ron Currie Jr

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

— Frank Pittman

On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet…

— Junot Diaz

As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the…

— Nina Simone

I remember a few years ago I was sitting at home with my wife watching the Oscars. I was sitting on the…

— Christopher Walken

That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

— Russell Simmons

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

— Jennifer Hudson

I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars.

— Daniel Woodrell

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.

— Jack Lemmon

This next presenter is so lovely you could eat her up with a spoon

— Neil Patrick Harris

At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave' you were a racist.

— Gary Oldman

If every witty thing that's said was true, Oscar Wilde, the world would worship You!

— Michael R. Burch