Ashamed Quote by Cameron Diaz

It may sound cliché, but it really was an honor to be nominated. As an actor, nothing is guaranteed.

— Hosea Chanchez

I've never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn't know how really great he is.

— Bob Hope

Comedians don't get Oscars, so I gave up on that a long time ago. And I can't really speak about the Oscar-worthiness of my…

— Steve Martin

Comedy, I'm still in awe of. I think you need a comic genius somewhere in the mix. It's got to be the actor or…

— John Hillcoat

I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the…

— Eddie Izzard

I'm a happy person. When a happy person makes a cruel movie, it becomes funny.

— Gaspar Noe

You cannot be an actor like I am and not have been in some of the worst movies like I have. But I stand…

— James Earl Jones

I find myself feeling like Oscar in 'Sweat' just by virtue of cleaning the tables, wiping the bar down and picking up everybody's glasses…

— Carlo Alban

I always felt like I could be funny, but there was a part of me that always judged actors so harshly...I thought all actors…

— Lisa Kudrow

Awards movies are normally sort of... life-affirming and noble. It's probably too much of an intellectual conceit and, you know, people don't like it…

— David Fincher

I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one.

— Brett Ratner

I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

— Heath Ledger