Academy Quote by Brad Goreski

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.

— Dustin Hoffman

If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being…

— Peter Jackson

If you just want a comfortable life, the awards, and pats on the back then you play Christian Hip Hop safe. Because playing it…

— LeCrae

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

— Paul Haggis

When the Academy called, I panicked. I thought they might want their Oscars back and the pawn shop has been out of business for…

— Woody Allen

That Oscar can be a jinx... It can... damage irreparably one's relations with family, friends. It's an uneasy head that wears the crown.

— Joan Fontaine

Whether you are right in the middle of a glamorous event or watching it from the sidelines, the red carpet Oscar events set the…

— Brad Goreski

For many celebrities, securing the publics votes can prove even more reassuring than winning an election by members of the Motion Picture Academy.

— Michael Medved

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

I know how the Academy Awards works: It's a card game, and I'm in the toss-up category.

— Tom Hanks

That's what separates actors - I'll take any risk for a performance.

— Emory Cohen

“If you can get past those awful idiot faces on the bleachers outside the theater without a sense of the collapse of human intelligence,…

— Raymond Chandler