Oscars Quotes · Page 6

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

— Helen Mirren

If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination, ... Hoffman has one.

— Roger Ebert

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

— Bai Ling

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

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

— Dean Winters

I want to get married before I'm 30. And I'd like to win an Oscar before then.

— Lindsay Lohan

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

— Brenda Fricker

The last time I saw a blonde with red streaks in her hair she was laying on Oscar Pistorius' bathroom floor,

— Joan Rivers

Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can…

— Anonymous

I might wear a dinner jacket once a year to our Oscar party - that's a big thing - but I don't…

— Graydon Carter

Spielberg's film portrays Oscar as a hero of this century. That is not true. Neither he nor I were heroes. We were…

— Emilie Schindler

Have you seen Bernie Sanders rallies? I haven't seen that many white voters since the Oscars. You know - oh, we have…

— Killer Mike

Oscars just ain't gonna do it for me anymore. I need the Nobel Peace Prize. The Oscars have worn off, man.

— Ethan Coen

You always want to make the best film you can. If anything I feel more relaxed after the Oscar. I feel like…

— Morgan Neville

Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar.

— Billy Crystal

"Art Imitates life," of course, is that phrase by Oscar Wilde. I called that song "Art Imitates Life" because Oh No was…

— Talib Kweli

My favourite moment from the Oscars was when Brando didn't attend and sent a Native American woman to talk about Wounded Knee.…

— Anohni

It's easy to hurl abuse at those awards ceremonies like the Oscars and all that, which we tend to do. We tend…

— Jeff Beck

There's my pessimism. Because I didn't know yet that type of film is always going to become more extinct, that there won't…

— Sergio Leone

They'll never give me an Oscar. And I sincerely, honestly don't care. I always turn up when I'm nominated and it would…

— Robert Altman

I feel that there are great minds up there who would like to see what I can do with an Oscar nomination.…

— River Phoenix

Emmies, for example, most of that's bullshit. Oscars are even worse. We have a strange, terrible affliction in this town. Everybody walks…

— Rod Serling

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

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

— Linda Fiorentino

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

— David Cronenberg

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

— Neil Patrick Harris

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

— Herbie Hancock

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

— Conrad Hall

The Oscar prestige was fine, but I worked more before I was nominated,

— Juanita Moore

I never dreamed I would be producing the Oscars. That was a huge deal for me.

— Brett Ratner

'Champagne' and 'breathmint' are the first two words all Oscar winners hear.

— Michael Moore

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

— Glenn Close

Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze.

— Daryl Hannah

The key to making up Oscar Wilde quotes is to add '~ Oscar Wilde' at the end.

— Oscar Wilde

The Oscar nominations are out, and they’re so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them,

— Larry Wilmore

Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.

— Michael Caine

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.

— Elliott Smith

It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.

— Shirley Horn

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

— Jeff Bridges