Academy Quotes

252 quotes by 222 authors

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best… — Clint Eastwood
The Academy is paranoid about its image. — Roger Ebert
When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being… — Seamus Heaney
The Oscar sits on some shelf above my desk. If there was an earthquake, I could actually be killed by my own Academy Award. — Helen Hunt
I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it. I didn't ever want to be anything else. I just started banging away… — Elton John
I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. — Elia Kazan
Never mind what you've heard. Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was actually the… — Jeffrey Kluger
In military school, on day one you must memorize the mission of the Merchant Marine Academy. — Robert Kiyosaki
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree. — Bela Lugosi
I was 21 years and 218 days old when I received the Academy Award for Best Actress. I had just stepped into an imaginary world… — Marlee Matlin
'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn't even get nominated for an Academy Award. — Bill Murray
I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy. — Jack Nicholson
Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business.… — Edward Norton
I got nominated for an Academy Award(R) for writing 'Borat.' — Todd Phillips
The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy… — Jeremy Renner
I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience. — Kevin Smith
I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm. — Jon Stewart
I actually happened to be in Haiti right before the earthquake in 2010. I was there already with the organization I work with now, Artists… — Olivia Wilde
I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they… — Steven Wright
I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on 'Bonfire Of The Vanities.' I got this grant from the Academy to be Brian… — Douglas Rushkoff

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