Academy Quote by Adrien Brody

“I think it's a great honor to win an Oscar but I think if you aim to be rewarded in your life you'll get…

— Natalie Portman

My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think…

— Benicio Del Toro

It was never an ambition to grow up and win an Academy Award, so when it happens, you go, 'Weird!'

— Ethan Coen

I've passed up opportunities. I've avoided the spotlight. I've never been to Academy Awards, didn't relate to them.

— Harry Dean Stanton

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there…

— Georg Solti

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.

— John Singleton

How did the Oscar change my life? What it did was that it gave me a new reality. And it let me know that…

— Mo'Nique

It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more…

— Jacki Weaver

My path was to be an actor and it’s been very good to me in life. It’s broadened my horizons and given me a…

— Nicole Kidman

Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it…

— Tom Cruise

It's nice to win an award, I would assume. I've never won one, but I would imagine it's great. I have no idea what…

— Seth Rogen

I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do it. It's…

— Benicio Del Toro