Academy Quote by Angela Lansbury

I'm officially retired as the refuser of Academy Awards.

— Sacheen Littlefeather

I certainly never pictured myself even attending the Academy Awards, much less winning at 56. I very, very happily settled into a theater career.…

— Mark Rylance

When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for.

— Helena Bonham Carter

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

— Ethan Coen

In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity.

— Christian Kane

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 first time I was nominated for an award for professional acting, I was in my mid-twenties. I was married and the mother of…

— Tyne Daly

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

— Sally Kellerman

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

— Brett Ratner

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

— John Singleton

I was offered more work after the Oscar. When I was younger, I would take whatever I was offered because it was money and…

— Rachel Weisz